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1. Billy Graham Statue to Replace That of White Supremacist in US Capitol

... "I think we'll get the approval quicker than you normally would, given what's going on in the country." © 2020 Religion News Service. All rights reserved.  ...

Created on 04 August 2020

2. Greg Laurie's Annual Harvest Crusade Becomes Cinematic Experience

... Laurie continues in the trailer. The film is "part movie, part evangelist event," Laurie told Religion News Service. Between film outtakes, Laurie said he will speak about the role faith plays in workin ...

Created on 04 August 2020

3. 5 Memorable Faith Moments From John Lewis' Funeral

...  Lewis before he passed. As they sang the hymn "We Shall Overcome," he said, Lewis opened his eyes, recognizing the song that "led and was at the heart of those marches." © 2020 Religion News Service ...

Created on 03 August 2020

4. Protester Found Dead After Tweeting Assaulter Was 'Disguised as a Man of God'

Black Lives Matter protester Oluwatoyin Salau has been found dead, days after she posted on Twitter about being sexually assaulted. The Tallahassee Democrat reports the 19-year-old's body was found Saturday ...

Created on 15 June 2020

5. California County Considers Declaring Racism a Public Health Crisis

In the Inland Empire, a faith-driven effort is pushing San Bernardino County elected officials to declare racism a public health crisis. This declaration, in a county resolution form, will be up for approval ...

Created on 11 June 2020

6. New Guide Recommends Heavy Restrictions on Reopening Churches

...  the co-conveners, told Religion News Service via email prior to the release of the document. "We view this as a gift to the wider church, both in terms of the process of ecumenical dialog made public and in t ...

Created on 09 June 2020

7. Will Police Officers' Bended Knee Gesture Make a Difference?

The scene was repeated this past week in city after city. As thousands of people demonstrated against the death of George Floyd, the 46-year-old Minneapolis black man killed in police custody, police officers ...

Created on 05 June 2020

8. Greg Laurie Urges Church to Have Compassion After Jarrid Wilson's Suicide

... e. "It's good to go to church, but [not] just church alone; you need to accompany it with more action." © 2019 Religion News Service. All rights reserved.  ...

Created on 12 September 2019

9. Pope Francis: 'Ask Holy Spirit for Strength Not to Be Afraid of Those Who Command Us to Be Silent'

... ring, we must pray." © 2019 Religion News Service. All rights reserved.  ...

Created on 28 August 2019

10. Secret United Methodist Meeting Reveals Proposal to Split Denomination Over LGBT Inclusion

... committed to resistance rather than a split. Millard thinks that's a bad idea. "That's not amicable," said Millard. "It's just mean. We're trying to find an alternative." © 2019 Religion News Service. All ri ...

Created on 15 August 2019

11. Southern Baptist Minister List Included Convicted Sex Offenders

... by two Texas newspapers. Religion News Service compared the two lists and found the apparent matches. According to the database of about 220 Southern Baptist ministers and volunteers created by the Houston ...

Created on 15 February 2019

12. UPDATE: Slain Missionary John Chau Had Papers to Visit Remote Island but Not as Missionary

... ythologized in the white American church." Mary Ho, international executive leader of All Nations and one of Chau's trainers, disagrees. She told Religion News Service that the 26-year-old had spoken  ...

Created on 30 November 2018

13. Persecuted Christian Asia Bibi Forbidden to Leave Pakistan

... e situation (developed) after her release, I fear for Sawan's safety in prison. "My daughters Romika and Noor miss their father," she added. "They have been devoid of his love through no fault of ours." ©  ...

Created on 30 November 2018

14. Chip and Joanna Gaines Host Church for Homeless

... . "I've known about Jimmy and the way he's been selflessly serving this community for a while, since back when I was in college," Chip Gaines, a Baylor alumnus, told Religion News Service in an emailed s ...

Created on 26 November 2018

15. Pentecostal Pastor Refuses to Marry a Couple Because of Bride's Health Issues

... w to live together as discordant couples," the Rev. Rahab Wanjiru, an HIV-positive Anglican priest in central Kenya who frequently campaigns against HIV stigma, told Religion News Service. Discordant couple ...

Created on 14 November 2018

16. Pastors Interrupt Jeff Sessions' Speech, Call Him to Repent

... enforce the laws of the United States," Sessions said. Green later told Religion News Service that he understood why Sessions described his remarks, which were primarily a recitation of Scripture, as an ...

Created on 30 October 2018

17. Pompeo: US 'Sparing No Effort' for Return of Pastor Andrew Brunson

... ed the International Religious Freedom Act, was recognized for his longtime advocacy "for those that are being persecuted simply because of their faith." Read this story at religionnews.com.© 2018 Religion New ...

Created on 26 September 2018

18. The Russian Connection: When Franklin Graham Met Putin

... or Franklin Graham said he was unavailable for an interview with Religion News Service, despite multiple requests. According to Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Elect ...

Created on 08 August 2018

19. 5 Faith Facts About Mike Pompeo: A Divisive Devotion

Mike Pompeo, a Republican congressman from Kansas before he took the helm of the CIA in 2017, is President Trump's nominee now for secretary of state. But Pompeo's fitness for the office has been called ...

Created on 20 April 2018

20. Kentucky Considers Law on Student Prayer

The Kentucky Legislature is considering mandating an annual day of student prayer. House Bill 40 would make the last Wednesday in September "A Day of Prayer for Kentucky's Students" and would require the ...

Created on 20 March 2018