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The group is now calling on churches to stop meeting in person and to move their services online.

Stay home, evangelical medical organization tells churches as COVID spreads

Zoom and Zoombombing
by: Bob Smietana Nov. 20, 2020 (RNS) — For months, the leaders of the Christian Medical and Dental Associations have urged churches to social distance, wear masks and do theirRead More

The forum was attended virtually by more than 7,000 registrants....

Fauci and Collins dispense Thanksgiving COVID-19 advice at cathedral forum

Dr. Anthony Fauci
by: Adelle M. Banks Nov. 13, 2020 (RNS) — Beneath the neo-Gothic arches of Washington National Cathedral, Dr. Anthony Fauci mulled over the question everyone is asking: Should families gatherRead More

Toolkits available online

Faith Toolkit helps churches battle COVID-19

Cover Faith Toolkit
AURORA, Ill., Nov. 10, 2020 — The Kane County Health Department has created toolkits to guide Kane County schools, businesses and faith-based groups to respond to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.Read More

Vice President Mike Pence expressed his condolences Tuesday...

Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., Trump evangelical adviser, has died

Harry Jackson
by: Bob Smietana Nov. 9, 2020 (RNS) — Bishop Harry Jackson Jr., a prominent conservative pastor and evangelical adviser to President Donald Trump, has died, according to his church. Jackson,Read More

And in New Jersey, as in New York, Illinois, Texas and many other states, volunteer chaplains —volunteers of any sort, in fact — are not allowed to remotely contact the incarcerated people...

Anxiety, loneliness and spiritual isolation characterize life in prison during pandemic

Stateville Correctional Center
by: Roxanne Stone (Lyra Walsh Fuchs) NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2020 (RNS) — The men incarcerated in a New Jersey state prison have a favorite prayer to chant along withRead More

News that Carson, who belongs to a faith tradition that stresses health, has tested positive for the virus was revealed by a HUD spokesperson...

Ben Carson, Seventh-day Adventist, tests positive for coronavirus

Ben Carson has COVID-19.
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2020 (RNS) — Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a Seventh-day Adventist, has tested positive for COVID-19. News that Carson,Read More

The county said Grace Community Church is not only violating the county’s public health order, but also the court’s preliminary injunction.

Attorneys for John MacArthur denounce headlines reporting a church outbreak of COVID-19 cases

Rev. John MacArthur preaching
by: Alejandra Molina LOS ANGELES, Oct.23, 2020 (RNS) — Attorneys for Pastor John MacArthur of Grace Community Church are condemning recent headlines declaring a coronavirus outbreak in the megachurch thatRead More

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The Beacon-News… Column: Coat shortage drives request from Wayside Cross for donations

Because of the pandemic, donations of winter clothes did not roll in as usual over the summer months, leading to surprisingly depleted stockpiles for those in need in Aurora. ReadRead More

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Governor Pritzker announces COVI9-19 restrictions for Kane & DuPage counties

ELGIN, Ill., Oct. 20, 2020 — Governor Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are announcing COVID-19 resurgence mitigations will be implemented in Region 7 (Will and Kankakee counties)Read More

Daily updates at COVID-19 Tracker

New Daily COVID-19 Numbers: 53 additional deaths, over 4,000 new cases in Illinois and 199 in Kane

COVID-19 Tracker
Learn more about the number of cases and deaths in the State of Illinois, Kane County, and the City of Aurora at the… COVID-19 Tracker at  https://xpian.news