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The survey of 6,485 U.S. adults polled online in September...

Survey: Americans think bad things just happen; God is not responsible

by: Yonat Shimron Nov. 23, 2021 (RNS) — Few Americans blame God when bad things happen in their lives, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that looks atRead More

The event was hosted by Wheaton College’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute.

Francis Collins urges evangelicals: ‘Love your neighbor,’ get COVID-19 vaccine

by: Adelle M. Banks April 27, 2021 (RNS) — Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health and an outspoken evangelical Christian, urged his fellow evangelicals, many ofRead More

When Aten, executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College, began to urge his fellow evangelicals to get vaccinated, however, things got ugly.

For evangelical leader Jamie Aten, advocating for vaccines led to a death threat

Jamie Aten
By: Bob Smietana April 27, 2021 (RNS) — Jamie Aten has spent years trying to help his fellow evangelicals deal with disasters. In the past, when he wrote about hurricanes,Read More

Recent study shows that white Evangelicals are less likely to get vaccinated than most other groups

Humanitarian Leaders Jamie Aten and Kent Annan launch petition to encourage Evangelicals to get vaccinated against COVID-19

WHEATON, Ill., April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Jamie Aten and Kent Annan have started an online petition on Change.org encouraging fellow Evangelicals to get vaccinated against COVID-19.  This is in response to a recent study by Pew ResearchRead More

As evangelicals, we must recognize, confess, and lament our role in allowing Christian nationalism...

Opinion: Evangelicals must denounce the Christian nationalism in Capitol riots

Storming of U.S. Capitol
by: Paul O’Donnell (Jamie Aten, Kent Annan) Jan. 7, 2021 (RNS) — The startling events in Washington on Wednesday (Jan. 6) were shocking to watch, not only for the scenes ofRead More

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

by: Roxanne Stone (Jamie Aten) Aug. 29, 2020 (RNS) — To follow Christ’s mandate to love God and neighbor (Matthew 12) in this time of pandemic means white Christians, myselfRead More

Wheaton College’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute in Illinois released a series of documents this week to augment the guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Ready to go back to church? 10 things to consider before heading to worship

by: Adelle M. BanksJune 12, 2020 (RNS) — An evangelical research center focused on disaster response has detailed key steps churchgoers might take as they contemplate attending reopened churches. WheatonRead More

New COVID-19 reopening church resources for individuals and families

Wheaton College’s HDI Resources for Individuals Returning to Church: Guide, Decision Trees, and Checklist

COVID-19 at Church Guidelines
Letter from Wheaton College’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Good morning…, wanted to let you know about the new COVID-19 reopening church resources for individuals and families weRead More

Showing how faith and forgiveness healed Charleston church shooting survivors

Wheaton College screens new documentary ‘Emanuel’

By Tom Siebert WHEATON, Ill., June 11, 2019 — Gun massacres are a common occurrence in American life. During this year alone in the United States, there have been moreRead More