(Business Insider) Dr. Anthony Fauci predicts church services - with hugging, praising, and music-making - will be able to resume safely in mid-fall if the US vaccinates people "appropriately, effectively, and efficiently." Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the projection Monday during the Choose Healthy Life Black Clergy … [Read more...] about Fauci Predicts That People Will Be Able to Go Back to Singing in Church by Mid-Fall, When an ‘Overwhelming Proportion’ of the Us Has Been Vaccinated
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Thousands of Pastors Preach on Sexuality in Response to Canadian Law Banning Conversion Therapy
Across North America Sunday, thousands of Christian pastors preached about biblical sexual morality. Their coordinated messages from the pulpit were spurred by Canadian Bill C-4, an LGBTQ-related law that went into effect January 8. Many pastors fear that the vague wording of Bill C-4, which passed unanimously, could “criminalize Christianity.” They also … [Read more...] about Thousands of Pastors Preach on Sexuality in Response to Canadian Law Banning Conversion Therapy
For Black Americans, the Black Church Counters Feelings of Political Powerlessness
(Barna) On January 5, 2021, Georgia voters elected the Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock as the state’s first Black senator and the first Black Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from a former Confederate state. As the senior pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, the spiritual home of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Senator-elect Warnock joins a tradition of Black pastors … [Read more...] about For Black Americans, the Black Church Counters Feelings of Political Powerlessness
Andy Stanley’s Megachurch Begins ‘Phased Approach’ to Reopening in-Person Services
(The Christian Post) North Point Ministries, led by Pastor Andy Stanley, has announced a “phased approach” to reopening in-person Sunday services after it suspended such services for most of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The nondenominational multi-campus ministry based in suburban Atlanta announced on its website the staggered reopening plan for in-person adult and … [Read more...] about Andy Stanley’s Megachurch Begins ‘Phased Approach’ to Reopening in-Person Services
Acts 29’s Brian Howard Thinks Pastors Have Reason to Be Hopeful About This Year
(ChurchLeaders) Brian Howard has a unique perspective on the hardships church leaders faced in 2020 and those that followed us into the new year. Yet while the executive director of Acts 29 would not typically describe himself as an “optimist,” Howard says he is hopeful as the Church heads into 2021. “I am very optimistic for the future,” said Brian Howard in an interview … [Read more...] about Acts 29’s Brian Howard Thinks Pastors Have Reason to Be Hopeful About This Year