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Church conflict during COVID-19 growing worry for pastors, says LifeWay Research
By Adelle M. Banks — August 12, 2020
(RNS) — ‘My people are in very different places regarding the virus,’ wrote one pastor.
Southern Baptist President J.D. Greear says ‘black lives matter’
By Adelle M. Banks — June 9, 2020
(RNS) — Greear also called for new clergy to be trained in preventing sex abuse and he challenged Southern Baptists not to be divided by the U.S. presidential election.
Catholic cardinal condemns ‘forces of division’ and fear
By Rachel Zoll — November 13, 2017
(AP) — 'The forces of division prey on our fear of the unfamiliar, the different. But fear is not of God,' said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, in an address to the bishops' fall meeting in Baltimore.
Can evangelicals unite after the 2016 election?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 16, 2016
(RNS) Evangelicals are divided on whether those excited by the election of Donald Trump can reconcile with those who see him 'representing all of the things Jesus stood against.'
United Methodist groups divided after election of first LGBT bishop
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 18, 2016
(RNS) The United Methodist Church elected and consecrated the Rev. Karen Oliveto as its first openly LGBT bishop in a move the head of its Council of Bishops says 'raises significant concerns and questions of church polity and unity.'
Pope Francis’ trip to Africa draws excitement, trepidation in Kenya
By Fredrick Nzwili — November 2, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) The encounter with a pope is the cause of major excitement and anticipation in Kenya -- the largest country on his Africa tour -- but bishops here worry ongoing political strife and ethnic incitement could blight the visit.
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