Essay: From Katrina to COVID, American crises expose racial injustice again and again
JAMIE ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College in the US, looks – in an article first published on Religion News Service – at how crises like Hurricane Katrina or the current COVID pandemic have revealed racial inequalities in the US…
Ready to go back to church? 10 things to consider before heading to worship
RNS An evangelical research centre focused on disaster response has detailed key steps US churchgoers might take as they contemplate attending reopened churches. Wheaton College’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute in Illinois released a series of documents this week to augment the guidelines of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The institute previously created a website with coronavirus-related resources […]
Essay: Just because the economy is reopening doesn’t mean churches should
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMIE ATEN, founder and executive director of the Humanitarian Disaster Institute and KENT ANNAN, director of humanitarian and disaster leadership, both at Wheaton College in the US, urge caution when it comes to reopening churches…
New website offers resources for US churches responding to coronavirus
RNS A new website guiding churches and ministry leaders as they respond to the coronavirus pandemic was launched Thursday as a partnership between two Wheaton College institutions — the Billy Graham Center and the Humanitarian Disaster Institute — as well as Saddleback Church in California, led by pastor Rick Warren. “Churches often don’t know what […]