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[L]iving by faith during the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN’s John King interviews a missionary in the time of COVID-19
April 4, 2020 — This Palm Sunday morning John King of CNN’s Inside Politics interviewed Rachel Wyatt, an American Christian missionary in Tanzania, about living by faith during the coronavirusRead More
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Kasich: The coronavirus made me doubt my faith, until I realized it was there all along – USA Today
Maybe while we’re self-isolating at home, we can use this time to examine what we believe and how we mean to power ourselves forward after coronavirus. Source: Kasich: The coronavirusRead More
In the long run, this may be the best thing that could have happened.
Opinion: What happens when the church leaves the building
by: Paul O’Donnell (Ed Stetzer) April 3, 2020 (RNS) — The church has left the building, as congregations have been asked or ordered not to meet due to the coronavirus.Read More
Unfortunately for digital congregants, that means they are also more accessible to online trolls...
‘Zoombombing’ comes for houses of worship
by: Aysha Khan BOSTON, March 30, 2020 (RNS) — On Sunday, Alex Merritt was signed in to the Zoom video conferencing app, discussing a biblical passage with members of hisRead More
[O]fficials say it came too late to aid a pastor already arrested for hosting church services despite regulations barring large gatherings.
Florida officials: Arrested pastor not exonerated by new order listing religious services as ‘essential’
by: Jack JenkinsApril 1, 2020 (RNS) — 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 avoidRead More
The field hospital housed in a series of white tents is intended as a Christian mission.
Franklin Graham on his Central Park field hospital: ‘We don’t discriminate. Period.’
by: Yonat Shimron April 1, 2020 (RNS) — It was a culture clash waiting to happen. Almost as soon as Samaritan’s Purse assembled a 68-bed field hospital in Central Park’sRead More
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A choir decided to go ahead with rehearsal. Now dozens of members have COVID-19 and two are dead – LA Times
The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more peopleRead More