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As Ivory Coast Methodists depart UMC over LGBTQ+ issues, Africa’s other Methodists take stock
By Fredrick Nzwili — June 7, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — ‘You don’t throw away the relationship of your sibling because you do not agree on an issue,’ said a former bishop in the autonomous Methodist Church in Kenya.
Why Americans of faith need to care about reducing harm to the environment abroad
By Bridget Moix — June 6, 2024
(RNS) — Investing in international climate assistance is fundamentally about justice.
Poll: Religious groups think Trump’s actions immoral in hush money case, split on whether he broke the law
By Jack Jenkins — June 5, 2024
(RNS) — A survey indicates while many believe Trump’s behavior has been immoral, it may not sway how people vote in November.
Bible societies mount effort to revive view of Scripture as source of ancient wisdom
By Catherine Pepinster — June 5, 2024
(RNS) — Bible societies are attempting to understand why, in a time when 90% of the world’s population has access to the Christian sacred text, relatively few consider it a foundation of their lives.
Latino Episcopalians in the spotlight with Gutiérrez presiding bishop nomination
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — May 31, 2024
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (RNS) — Latino Episcopal clergy say that their congregations are thriving.
With strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors
By Yonat Shimron — May 30, 2024
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — Part of the new monastic movement began three decades ago among lay Protestants, Spring Forest is a model for how Christians can work, eat and worship as a community.
Christian organizations come together to take boycott, divestment action as Rafah campaign continues
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — May 29, 2024
(RNS) — ‘A core practice of nonviolent resistance, including within our tradition, is economic non-cooperation with injustice,’ the Christian organizations wrote.
Why faith communities are mobilizing against hate during Pride Month
By Paul Brandeis Raushenbush — May 28, 2024
(RNS) — While 2023 witnessed a frightening surge in hate, we know 2024 sadly has the potential to be even more alarming.
Why the UMC took a historic stand and condemned Hindu nationalism
By Neal Christie — May 24, 2024
(RNS) — The United Methodist Church is saying that we will not stand by silently while people are persecuted because of their faith and their conscience.
Defrocked in 2004 for same-sex relationship, a faithful Methodist is reinstated as pastor
By David Crary — May 22, 2024
(AP) – Earlier this month, delegates at a major UMC conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, struck down longstanding anti-LGBTQ policies and created a path for clergy ousted because of them to seek reinstatement.
A priest observed a ‘Eucharistic fast’ for racial justice. Now, he could be deposed.
By Kathryn Post — May 16, 2024
(RNS) — Ramey, an activist against white supremacy and former rector of an Episcopal church in Alexandria, Virginia, has refused to preside over the Eucharist or to receive it personally since 2022.
Can Donald Trump swear on the Bible to tell the truth?
By Jim Wallis — May 10, 2024
(RNS) — The former president is selling 'God Bless the USA' Bibles. What will happen if he has to swear on Scripture in court during one of his many trials?
Harvard religion professor Diana Eck on pluralism’s changes, challenges
By Adelle M. Banks — May 9, 2024
(RNS) — ‘I still think of myself as Christian, in the sense that that’s my family of origin,’ Eck said. ‘There are other families that I feel I belong to as well.’
Is the golden age of American Jews really ending?
By Mark Silk — May 8, 2024
(RNS) — Reports of its demise are premature.
In toxic time, hope can be the solid ground we can stand on
By Cassandra Lawrence — May 7, 2024
(RNS) — Severely tried in the months since Oct. 7, the interfaith community still looks to the promise of future flourishing.
