Fiona Murphy

Fiona Murphy is an author at Religion News Service.

NYC Faith Leaders Look To Coordinate as Federal Cuts Strain Pantries and Soup Kitchens

NEW YORK (RNS) — About 300 faith leaders and community activists met this week in Manhattan to strategize how religious organizations can better address rising...

At 175, a Brooklyn Church Turns to Film To Preserve Its Legacy for a New Generation

Jahleel Hills, a sixth-generation member of Berean Baptist Church, has teamed up with church elders to ensure its story inspires the next generation.

Brooklyn’s Black Church Choirs Persist Amid Attendance Decline, Gentrification

Choirs that once packed Brooklyn sanctuaries now sing to smaller crowds as pandemic-era streaming lingers and gentrification reshapes Black neighborhoods.

Meet Gen Z’s Proselytizing Presbyterian Reformer

Richard Ackerman is a 21-year-old behind the "Redeemed Zoomer" YouTube channel, which has 436,000 subscribers. He is on a mission to convert his generation and advocate for conservative reforms within Protestantism, which he believes has become too liberal.

Union Theological Seminary Votes To Divest From Companies Profiting From Gaza War

Union Theological Seminary, a private, ecumenical school that serves as Columbia University’s faculty of theology but maintains a separate endowment, is the first U.S. institute of higher education known to divest from the war in Gaza.

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