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3,000 Covid Deaths Each Day — United Methodists Send Grants to Fight COVID-19 in India

The United Methodist Committee on Relief will assist two partners in India to provide ventilators, hospital beds, money and more to help combat the dire COVID-19 crisis there.

A Gender-Neutral Homecoming Court? Church Leaders Weigh In on Our Cultural Moment

The trend to make homecoming courts gender-neutral is just one of many cultural shifts that emphasize the need for church leaders to engage well with their congregants’ beliefs about sexuality and gender. 

Pastor’s Podcast ‘Cross Over Q’ Challenges QAnon, Comforts Its Victims

In late January, the pastor launched a podcast called “Cross Over Q” to open a conversation about QAnon with his fellow Christians, who number among Q’s adherents.

UPDATE: Connecticut’s Religious Anti-Vaxxers File Suit

Connecticut will no longer allow a religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities, becoming the sixth state to end that vaccine exemption policy.

Biden Raises Refugee Ceiling, and Faith-Based Groups Brace for Rebuilding Work

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Faith-based refugee resettlement groups are celebrating President Joe Biden’s decision to raise the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. for...

‘I Spent Half of Church Crying’— Shawn Johnson East’s Relatable Confession About Mom Guilt

If there’s one thing that every mom can relate to, it’s mom guilt. For Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson East, the mom guilt was REAL on Sunday morning.

Congress Members Join 5-Day Continuous D.C. Bible Reading Marathon at the U.S. Capitol

Senator Ted Cruz started off the D.C. Bible Reading Marathon saying, "Now more than ever we turn toward the Word of God to light our way."

UPDATE: Couple Arrested in the Church Nursery Abduction of 2-Year-Old Noah Trout, Church Speaks Out

Two-year-old Noah Trout, was taken from Ripplemead, Virginia's Riverview Baptist Church's nursery on the Sunday morning during a worship service. He has since been found safe.