When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a 30-day stay-at-home order on Wednesday (April 1) requiring the state’s residents to remain indoors to avoid spreading or contracting the novel coronavirus, he noted that the regulations do not apply to “essential activities”…
Coronavirus Hospital In Central Park Sparks Backlash Over Anti-LGBTQ Ties
Some 72 doctors, nurses and other health care professionals from Samaritan’s Purse, an evangelical Christian disaster relief group, were to mobilize at the temporary Central Park hospital. The 68-bed facility will be operated in partnership with New York’s Mount Sinai Health…
Baptist, vegan ex-football player may overturn Alabama’s ban on public school yoga
Alabama’s public schools are closed for the academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic. When students return, they may be able to do yoga at school for the first time in decades.
Bible Museum Criticism ‘Was Justified,’ Founder Says
Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby and chairman of the Museum of the Bible, is returning 11,500 antiquities to the Iraqi and Egyptian governments. The ancient clay seals and fragments of papyrus do not have complete documentation and may have…
Jimmy Carter asks for Carter Center donations to be redirected for coronavirus relief
Former President Jimmy Carter asked on Tuesday that potential Carter Center donations be used instead to help groups providing relief to those suffering from the coronavirus pandemic.
Liberty University: We’re complying with virus-related ban
Virginia’s governor on Monday ordered all higher education institutions to halt any in-person instruction amid the coronavirus pandemic, a move likely directed at Liberty University, which initially declined to stop all on-campus teaching.
Trump is a ‘big egotistical loser’ says Christian finance expert in stimulus Twitter rant
The Rev. Michael Chitwood has been a fan of President Donald Trump in the past.
Amid COVID-19 Spread, Influential D.C. Pastor Says ‘God’s Wrath’ Caused By LGBTQ People
An evangelical pastor who holds regular Bible studies on Capitol Hill for members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet is suggesting that the crisis America is now experiencing is proof of God’s disapproval of LGBTQ Americans.
Clergy laugh off bloopers as the coronavirus forces churches online
The Rev. Megan Castellan has been livestreaming morning prayer from home every day through the coronavirus pandemic for her parishioners at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ithaca, New York.