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Adelle M Banks
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Sunday school looks different since pandemic's start: from monthly to missing
'If you kept it online, you probably don't have a religious education programme now,' expert Scott Thumma said of children's activities.
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Most faith groups agree US has gone astray - they don't agree on the way forward
The research, released shortly before Election Day, sheds light on questions of race, sexuality, abortion and immigration as well as sentiments about the country's origins.
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Bart Barber elected president of Southern Baptist Convention in runoff election
The election was one of the closely watched aspects of the two-day meeting, during which messengers, or delegates, addressed a sexual abuse investigation.
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State Department officials report religious freedom woes, wins across the globe
The secretary of state and religious freedom ambassador also expressed concern about an increase in antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred in many countries, including the United States.
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List Afghanistan as religious liberty violator, report urges State Department
'Religious minorities faced harassment, detention, and even death due to their faith or beliefs,' religious freedom commission says about Afghanistan.
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Covid culture war is 'literally killing people'
Former National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins said he is "heartbroken" that more of his fellow white evangelicals have not received the COVID-19 vaccines.
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Churches' ministry to those hurt by the pandemic shows 'monumental' growth, study says
The percentage of churches reporting deaths within their membership increased from 17% in the summer to 28% in November, a new report states.
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Amid Covid-19, most churches provide hybrid worship
The study also found that for most clergy, 2020 was the hardest year of their ministry.
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'Colin loved the church': Powell recalled as Episcopalian at cathedral funeral
Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell, known as a four-star general and as a onetime secretary of defense, was remembered at his funeral at the Washington National Cathedral Friday as a man of the Episcopal faith.
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Remnant of one of the oldest Black churches in US is unveiled in Virginia
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the foundation of the original building of the First Baptist Church in Williamsburg, Virginia, one of the nation's oldest Black churches.
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'Covid has been harder on us': Some Black churches remain hesitant to reopen
While many congregations have been back to worship for weeks and months, often masked and socially distant, some African American clergy continue to hold off on in-person services. Others have found that when they do open, most members continue to watch the livestreamed services from home.
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