(ChurchLeaders) In a recent Facebook Live video, the Rev. Canon Esau McCaulley, PhD, explained how the Bible addresses systemic racism. McCaulley, who is an Assistant Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, believes the Bible shows us that sin is both personal and corporate in nature and that fighting systemic racial sin is not a political issue, but the church’s duty. … [Read more...] about Esau McCaulley: This Is Why Fighting Systemic Racism Is Biblical
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PCUSA General Assembly Observes 8 Minutes, 46 Seconds of Silence for Victims of Bigotry
(The Christian Post) Presbyterian Church (USA) closed its 224th General Assembly with an observance of silken that lasted 8 minutes and 46 seconds for victims of prejudice, and racism specifically. On May 25, a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd for that amount of time as two other officers held onto his back and legs, … [Read more...] about PCUSA General Assembly Observes 8 Minutes, 46 Seconds of Silence for Victims of Bigotry
Accommodating Homosexuality Makes ‘Better Catholics,’ Priest Insists at ‘Pride Mass’
(LifeSite News) Despite gay “Pride” events being canceled from coast to coast due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cardinal Joseph Tobin has permitted an LGBT “Pride Mass” to be conducted in his archdiocese. For the third year in a row, the “Annual Pride Mass in support of our LGBTQ brothers and sisters” was held on Sunday at the merged parishes of Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph … [Read more...] about Accommodating Homosexuality Makes ‘Better Catholics,’ Priest Insists at ‘Pride Mass’
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Distributes LGBTQIA+ Handbook on ‘Sexual Orientation,’ ‘Gender Identity’ to Churches
(The Christian Post) The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, which was recently criticized for addressing God as “Mother” instead of Father, has now published a handbook on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression to “deepen and expand” its welcome of LGBT members. Titled “Lutheran Introduction To Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, & Gender … [Read more...] about The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Distributes LGBTQIA+ Handbook on ‘Sexual Orientation,’ ‘Gender Identity’ to Churches
Controversy and Coronavirus Keep Church Plants Out of Schools
(Christianity Today) When Alabama megachurch pastor Chris Hodges liked recent social media posts from conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, he launched a chain of events that led to two of his church’s campuses being expelled from their meeting spaces in Birmingham public schools. Hodges has met with African American leaders at Church of the Highlands and apologized for … [Read more...] about Controversy and Coronavirus Keep Church Plants Out of Schools