Sight-Seeing: Why Christians need to support diversity professionals, not demonise them
MICHELLE LOYD-PAIGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that even among Christians, diversity, equity and inclusion leaders find themselves isolated and unsupported…
“Group weirdness”
In any group, most people are pretty conventional. They fit in the 80 per cent of the standard bell curve. PICTURE: Toa Heftiba/Unsplash Then you have the artisans, the alternatives, the out-of-the-box thinkers. Groups need these unconventional people to ensure we don’t succumb to group-think. This is a profound design of God. We need people […]
Essay: How much do Americans know about the faiths around them?
RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what the data shows…
Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination, hosts biennial convening in Orlando
RNS Thousands are expected to attend the US Assemblies of God’s General Council convening this week in Orlando, Florida, where new executive leaders will be elected and where attendees will discuss a range of issues, such as digital ministries and the process of establishing new churches. The General Council is the biennial business meeting for […]
Giant leap for womankind? Europe’s space agency wants more female astronauts
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Space – the next frontier for gender equality? Europe’s space agency launched a mission this week to take on more women astronauts as it kicked off its first recruitment campaign for more than a decade. Nearly 60 years since the first human blasted off into space, women account for just 11 per […]
Ethnic minorities hold less than five per cent of Britain’s top jobs
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation All of Britain’s political party leaders, Supreme Court judges and chief constables are white and less than five per cent of the country’s most powerful roles are held by non-white people although they make up 13 per cent of the population, a study on diversity found. Only 52 out of Britain’s […]
US Christian university leaders meet to discuss how they can diversify their campuses
Newberg, OregonRNS The images of marchers with tiki torches chanting “You will not replace us!” at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, are still vivid in Brenda Salter McNeil’s mind. They looked just “like any other student,” Salter McNeil said. She wondered if any of them could have been Christian students. “There’s a […]
Southern Baptists give greater attention to diversity but acknowledge more needed
Birmingham, Alabama, US RNS At their annual meeting, Southern Baptists re-elected their president, adopted statements on their views about major cultural issues, and discussed how to deal with sexual abuse and racial discrimination in the church. They also brought to centre stage questions about church leadership roles that are appropriate for women in the church. […]
STRANGESIGHTS: THE FAKE POSTER THAT MADE A POINT, BRITAIN’S “WORST” BUILDING; AND, SHEEP JOIN NYC FLOCK …
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…