Coronavirus in the US: Meet eight pastors who pushed to keep their churches open
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: How the war on Christmas became the war on Easter
Writing from the US, SHANE CLAIBORNE, activist, author and co-director of Red Letter Christians, addresses – in an article first published on Religion News Service – about perceptions among some evangelical Christians of a new religious freedom battlefront…
Coronavirus response: With infections linked to religious gatherings, debate rages in US over worship amid pandemic
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports on the ongoing debate over church gatherings during the COVID-19 crisis in the US…
Florida officials: Arrested pastor not exonerated by new order listing religious services as ‘essential’
RNS When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a 30 day stay-at-home order on Wednesday requiring the state’s residents to remain indoors to avoid spreading or contracting the novel coronavirus, he noted that the regulations do not apply to “essential activities” such as religious services. But while the order may pave the way for faith leaders […]
Florida pastor arrested for refusing to halt worship amid outbreak
RNS A Florida pastor was arrested by a local sheriff on Monday after he refused to stop holding worship services at his church despite regulations banning large in-person gatherings that could further the spread of the novel coronavirus. For weeks, Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne of the River at Tampa Bay Church has defied local regulations designed […]