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A nation that still honors Confederate signs in public places signals its belief that Black people are less important than white people...

Opinion: Rejecting symbols of hate is more than symbolic

by: Kathryn Post (Jim Wallis) July 20, 2020 (RNS) — What’s been the message of Confederate monuments and flags? It depends on who you are. If you’re a Black teenager Read More

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J. I. Packer, ‘Knowing God’ Author, Dies at 93 – Christianity Today

The influential evangelical theologian leaves a final lesson for the church: Glorify Christ every way. Read article at Christianity Today: J. I. Packer, ‘Knowing God’ Author, Dies at 93

News of Powell’s death was shared on social media by Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

Texas church planter John Powell killed in accident

by: Bob Smietana July 19, 2020 (RNS) — John Powell, a church planter and pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in New Caney, Texas, was killed in a highway accident Saturday Read More

The stylists and the patrons all wore masks when they interacted with each other, and that apparently made a world of difference...

Opinion… Anti-maskers: You are the reason we can’t have nice things

by: Jana Riess July 16, 2020 (RNS) — Back in late May, the media was up in arms about two Missouri hairdressers who continued cutting hair even as they began Read More

“The Rev. C.T. Vivian was a stalwart activist on the march toward racial equality,’’ says the White House citation read before President Barack Obama bestowed the medal on Vivian.

Rev. C.T. Vivian, longtime civil rights activist, dies at 95

by: Adelle M. Banks July 17, 2020 (RNS) — The Rev. C.T. Vivian, a minister and advocate for civil rights who worked with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Read More

That announcement prompted tweeted prayers from luminaries ranging from the Revs. Al Sharpton and William Barber II to Fox Business News anchor Lou Dobbs to former President Barack Obama.

John Lewis, preaching politician and civil rights activist, dies at 80

by: Adelle M. Banks July 18, 2020 (RNS) — John Lewis, the longtime civil rights activist, congressman and ordained Baptist minister who preached about getting in “good trouble,” died Friday Read More

Biden “often talks about the comfort and meaning that he’s drawn from faith,” said Buttigieg...

Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives

by: Jack Jenkins July 17, 2020 (RNS) — President Donald Trump’s appeal to religious conservatives is a cornerstone of his political identity. But Joe Biden is a different kind of Read More

But Pastor Micaiah Irmler, one of two San Jose pastors jointly suing the Santa Clara County for limiting churches during the pandemic, said he plans to defy the latest order.