Wednesday's News & Ideas - 4/17/2024 apm47@duke.edu Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:58 UMC post-split data Abyssinian Baptist pastor search Undocumented immigrant labor USC cancels speech Sacred and just coffee Running with shelter dogs After traditionalist churches left, UMC may be more — not less — diverse Religion News Service: Even after the departures, 24% of North Carolina clergy remaining in the denomination disagree with allowing LGBTQ people to get married and ordained within the denomination. Prominent New York church, sued for gender bias, moves forward with male pastor candidate Associa ..read more

Tuesday's News & Ideas - 4/16/2024 apm47@duke.edu Tue, 04/16/2024 - 09:27 Terrorist attack in Australia Latino churches provide services Pastors leaving over conflict Detroit seminarians to unplug Democrats and Black churches Saving a pastry and community Australia says Assyrian church stabbing was terrorist act Reuters: Australian police on Tuesday said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some followers in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, as the country reeled from a second stabbing incident in three days. Latino churches are social serv ..read more

Monday's News & Ideas - 4/15/2024 cjk41@duke.edu Mon, 04/15/2024 - 09:54 Chuck Swindoll steps down Forgoing Eid celebrations for Gaza Episcopal seminary’s property woes Youth mental health crisis Orthodox church in Florida Magazine from high-security prison Chuck Swindoll steps down as senior pastor, but won’t retire* Christianity Today: At 89 years old and more than 60 years into ministry, the Stonebriar Community Church founder plans to remain its primary preacher after the church names his successor. Palestinians forgo Eid celebrations to mourn for Gaza NPR: Many in Rafah were holding ..read more

At DaySpring Baptist Church, less is more cjk41@duke.edu Thu, 04/11/2024 - 15:16 ..read more

J. Dana Trent: There is always a path home apm47@duke.edu Wed, 04/10/2024 - 15:46 ..read more

Friday's News & Ideas - 4/12/2023 cjk41@duke.edu Fri, 04/12/2024 - 10:55 Majority of US Catholics favor abortion rights Shooting at Philadelphia Eid event Arab Jews Ten years since Boko Haram kidnapping Men charged in Brooklyn tunnels fight Mapping access to nature 6 in 10 U.S. Catholics are in favor of abortion rights, Pew Research report finds NPR: Catholics in the U.S., one of the country's largest single Christian groups, hold far more diverse views on abortion rights than the official teaching of their church. 3 shot and 5 in custody after gunfire disrupts Philadelphia Eid event, po ..read more

Anna Mitchael apm47@duke.edu Thu, 04/11/2024 - 13:04 Anna Mitchael is an author, New York Times bestselling ghostwriter and seminary student based in central Texas. Her newest book, “They Will Tell You the World Is Yours,” is scheduled for publication by Convergent in 2025. For more of her writing, visit annamitchael.com. Writer large-photohide-photoshow-titleOff ..read more

Thursday's News & Ideas - 4/11/2024 egl22@duke.edu Thu, 04/11/2024 - 11:54 UMC upheaval adds pressure to staff ‘Clash of the patriarchs’ Debate over ‘Christian America’ Eid al-Fitr celebrations How might God bless a divided America? What exactly is an ‘April shower’? The United Methodist Church is facing upheaval. These staff are helping prepare for the future* The Tennessean: Thousands of churches exiting the United Methodist Church have strained budgets and placed greater political pressure on bishops who’ve increasingly taken on additional duties. This instability has meant the work f ..read more

Environmental justice apm47@duke.edu Wed, 04/10/2024 - 13:49 From the archives Moving beyond creation care to address environmental justice Dan Holly Catherine Coleman Flowers: Environmental justice means giving poor people a voice Ambrose Carroll: Talking about the environment in the Black church is empowerment Coley Springs Missionary Baptist Church works for the environment and for community well-being Dan Holly ..read more

Creation care apm47@duke.edu Wed, 04/10/2024 - 13:44 From the archives ‘King Coal’ reminds us of power’s perils Zack Harold The spiritual power of vineyards Andrew J. Skerritt Green funerals are one way for Christian leaders to promote creation care Sequola Collins Brandon Dennison: ‘People, planet, profit, in that order’ Zack Harold ..read more