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Some expect decreased in-person attendance to be permanent.
Pandemic prompts churches to consider permanent changes

Just prior to Katrina, New Orleans had the second-highest concentration of poverty in the nation.
Opinion: From Katrina to COVID, American crises expose racial injustice again and again

In a statement, the board said it had retained an outside firm to investigate...
Liberty announces investigation into Falwell’s tenure

“Their co-morbidities contribute to their outcome, but it’s not their cause of death. COVID is the cause of death.”
John MacArthur claimed there is ‘no pandemic.’ He was politicizing science, experts say

"If I get COVID, God bless you," [Pastor Jack] Trieber said. "It's going to be a great funeral."
Northern California church accrues $25,000 in fees for violating public health orders

The campaign, "Raise money for Kyle Rittenhouse Legal Defense," has raised $280,000 as of Monday evening (August 31), well beyond it's $200,000 initial goal.
Christian crowdfunding site Give Send Go defends decision to host campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse

Rittenhouse was arrested by police early Wednesday in his hometown, Antioch, Ill.
Christian fund raising site has earned nearly $200,000 for alleged Kenosha shooter, Kyle Rittenhouse

But in an interview with RNS on Friday (Aug. 28), he made no bones about who he hopes the country will elect come November.
His RNC prayer was neutral, but Franklin Graham says the choice for president is not

According to a list shared exclusively with Religion News Service by organizers, the mass endorsement will come from a diverse slate of religious leaders...
More than 350 faith leaders to back Biden for president, including many first-time endorsers
