US Christian groups oppose ICE rule on international students
AP Leaders of 12 Christian organisations on Friday urged the Trump administration to rescind a policy requiring international students to leave the U.S. or transfer if their colleges hold classes entirely online this fall, saying it “falls short of American ideals”. In a letter to Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, shared with The […]
In the US, Surgeon General, disaster experts advise church leaders in COVID-19 online summit
RNS The top doctor in the US urged faith leaders to follow federal guidelines and partner with local health officials as they learn new ways to lead congregants coping with the coronavirus pandemic. “What can you do as faith and community leaders?” asked US Surgeon General Jerome M Adams in a videotaped address for the COVID-19 Church […]
In the US, new NAE president calls for evangelicals to address “identity crisis” without fear
Washington DC, USRNS Rev Walter Kim, inaugurated as the new president of the National Association of Evangelicals, called on its members to address questions about their identity with a commitment to the common good. “This movement is confronting an identity crisis and it’s not just the mild sort of growing pains,” said the Asian American […]
US EVANGELICALS: RETIRING NATIONAL ASSOCIATION HEAD LEITH ANDERSON – EVANGELICALS ARE NOT JUST WHITE OR POLITICAL
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, looks at the contribution and legacy of Leith Anderson, retiring leader of the National Association of Evangelicals in the US…
US National Association of Evangelicals names new president, diverse leadership
RNS Scholar and minister Walter Kim, an expert on the theology of race, has been chosen as the next president of the National Association of Evangelicals. Kim is a pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has served on the board of the group, an umbrella organisation of 40 evangelical Christian denominations, since […]