by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 10, 2023 | Feature|News
What has been the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on religious service attendance among U.S. houses of faith? That question is explored in a Pew Research Center report published March 28, which analyzes data collected from 2019 to 2022. Pew found a small but...
by Starlette Thomas | Apr 4, 2023 | Feature|News
The Noose to Needle Project launched on March 29. A virtual panel discussion titled, “Noose to Needle: How Slavery, Lynching, and Racial Terror Birthed the Modern-Day Death Penalty,” was part of the project’s official launch. Spearheaded by attorney and advocate...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 3, 2023 | Feature|News
Donations from Muslims around the world have enabled the United Nations to assist around six million forcibly displaced persons in recent years, according to a report published March 24 by UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. The Refugee Zakat Fund, officially...
by Starlette Thomas | Mar 30, 2023 | Feature|News
Oklahomans for Grace and the EJUSA Evangelical Network co-sponsored a panel discussion on Oklahoma’s death penalty at Saint John’s Episcopal Church located in Oklahoma City on March 25. The audience was invited to reimagine accountability when harm happens....
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 28, 2023 | Feature|News
LGBTQI Americans are far more likely to be religiously unaffiliated than the general populace, according to a Public Religion Research Institute report published March 23. The report is an analysis of data from PRRI’s 2022 American Values Survey, first published in...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 27, 2023 | Feature|News
The financial reserves of U.S. Protestant churches have improved slightly since 2016, according to a LifeWay Research report published March 21. In 2016, 50% of the pastors who knew about their church’s cash reserve situation — 31% were unsure about their...
