Month: April 2020
"Our concern is rooted in our Christian belief that each human life is made in the image of God..."
Top evangelicals urge release of some immigration detainees during virus
by: Paul O’Donnell NEW YORK, April 14, 2020 (AP) — Nine leaders at evangelical Christian organizations are urging the Trump administration to release people from immigration detention facilities “who doRead More
The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court on Monday (April 13),...
Student files class-action lawsuit against Liberty University over pandemic response
by: Jack Jenkins April 14, 2020 (RNS) — A student at Liberty University, an evangelical Christian school, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the school alleging that students were putRead More
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An Aurora pastor with COVID-19 had less than a 50% chance of survival on a ventilator. Sunday he celebrated Easter with his family. — The Beacon-News
Andrew Coffield, the youth pastor of First Apostolic Church of Aurora, spent 13 days battling the coronavirus, including time on a ventilator in a Michigan hospital. Source: An Aurora pastorRead More
Most states have issued stay-at-home orders that include bans on gatherings larger than 10 people....
See which states have religious exemptions in their stay-at-home orders
by: Jack JenkinsApril 9, 2020 (RNS) — As the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus continues to threaten the U.S., governors of states and districts across the country have issuedRead More
A personal journey...
Hesham Shehab: The ‘Switzerland of the Middle East’ was destroyed 45 years ago today… What Should Americans Learn?
Hesham Shehab CHICAGO, April 13, 2020 — On April 13, 1975, Lebanon was plunged into a civil war that destroyed the “Switzerland of the Middle East” forever. I lost myRead More
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Churches will open again, but it’s good to know on this Easter where faith truly stands | John W. Fountain – Chicago Sun-Times
Nowadays I stand mostly alone, at least apart from the church I once knew, even as another Resurrection Sunday dawns. Source: Churches will open again, but it’s good to knowRead More
The celebration of the Resurrection on this Easter Sunday morning may be saying to us in this COVID-19 moment...
Opinion: An Easter sermon in a coronavirus pandemic
by: Bob Smietana (Jim Wallis)April 12, 2020 (RNS) – Easter was never meant to go back to normal; but it was, and still is, intended to make all things new.Read More