An initiative that seeks to financially help small and struggling churches in the wake of COVID-19 has raised about $350,000 and received nearly 1,000 applications for funding.
Religious freedom attorneys pick their battles amid pandemic
As states grapple with when and how to reopen establishments amid the pandemic, religious freedom remains a legal flashpoint – particularly for the conservative nonprofits that have taken a leading role in representing churches which have challenged stay-home orders.
Knock Knock. It’s Weird Evangelical Twitter.
In real life, Matthew Pierce is a normal adult. He has a wife, three daughters, and a boring job. He lives in Alabama, where he grew up, and he’s slowly becoming like his father.
Black church leaders urge churchgoers to continue to ‘tele-worship’
Top officials of seven black Christian denominations have joined civil rights leaders in calling for people to stay home until it is safe in states whose governors are lifting shelter-in-place orders.
Pat Robertson Suggests Same-Sex Marriage, Abortion Among Reasons For COVID-19
Televangelist Pat Robertson agreed that abortion and same-sex marriage are partly to blame for the novel coronavirus that has caused massive social and economic upheaval in the U.S.
Conservative group calls for ‘ReOpen Church Sunday’
A conservative law firm launched a “ReOpen Church Sunday” initiative this week, calling on churches to begin gathering in person again despite reports of the deadly novel coronavirus being spread during worship services.
Some of the Most Visible Christians in America Are Failing the Coronavirus Test
If the coronavirus is a test of our collective character, some American Christians are flat-out flunking.
How dying churches abuse pastors
Long before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered church doors, attendance was in decline in mainline denominations. When attendance is down, financial decline follows. Some churches close; others reduce staff or clergy. Amid this agonizing demise of congregations, Gene Fowler offers a…
Church giving down more due to COVID-19 than during recession, survey shows
Sixty-five percent of churches have seen a decline in giving since mid-March as congregations have halted in-person services due to the coronavirus, according to a new survey.
Under fire from many, Samaritan’s Purse finds an unlikely champion
Whitney Tilson and his wife, Susan, were out walking their dog early one Sunday morning when they noticed workers unloading trucks and stacks of blue tarps in the East Meadow of Central Park, right outside their Fifth Avenue apartment building.
Black Pastors Urge Trump To Focus On Virus’s Heavy Impact On Minorities
A group of Black pastors is calling on President Donald Trump’s administration to address the racial and economic inequality that is making Black Americans and other minority communities far more vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.
For Earth Day, how Americans see climate change and the environment in 7 charts
It’s been 50 years since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. The event – a “teach-in on the environment” launched by U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin – called attention to the aftermath of a massive oil spill off the…