Christians and Muslims in Central African Republic share shelter as renewed fighting displaces thousands
RNS Christians and Muslims in the besieged Central African Republic have taken shelter together in houses of worship in the country as renewed rebel violence forces thousands out of their homes. “With the fighting, many people found refuge in the churches,” Bishop Nestor-Desire Nongo-Aziagbia, president of the Central Africa Catholic Bishops Conference, told Religion News […]
CHRIST IN CRISIS?
We’re relaunching the Sight Bookclub for 2021 – in February and March we’re reading Jim Wallis’ new book, Christ in Crisis?: Reclaiming Jesus in a Time of Fear, Hate, and Violence…
From $US500,000 to $US785, in the US state of Maryland Episcopal churches commit to reparations
RNS A historic Episcopal church in Baltimore has committed to setting aside $US100,000 to reparations, an initiative that will contribute to local racial justice causes. Memorial Episcopal Church also pledged to contribute an additional $US400,000 for reparations and justice over five years. “Our church has a long history of, unfortunately, supporting racial segregation up until […]
Donors back tech over aid to feed hungry world
Johannesburg, South AfricaThomson Reuters Foundation Food donors want to deliver cutting-edge technology to poor farmers in place of aid in a bid to cut waste, preserve precious land – and make themselves redundant. In a shift they hope to accelerate, the donors say that tech – not handouts – is their best hope of tackling […]
Forgotten but not gone: COVID-19 focus poses new risks to ‘invisible’ leprosy patients
RANDY MULYANTO and BEH LIH YI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected those with leprosy…
For many US schools, the Master of Divinity degree is moving online for good
RNS Logan Lawrence had already been accepted to Duke Divinity School when she heard that the school would also be offering a mostly online version of the three-year Master of Divinity program beginning this fall. She immediately called to ask if she could switch her enrollment to the so-called hybrid program that will require only […]
Essay: I have election protesters and ‘Never Trumpers’ in my pews. How can we move forward together?
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US pastor CHRIS DAVIS looks at, amid a divided US – and a divided church, how his congregation can move forward from here…