Friday’s News & Ideas - 1/23/2026
- Thousands help church in MN
- Cities Church and women
- ‘Youth pastor in your pocket’
- New rule for foreign-born clergy
- King, Heschel and Beth Israel Synagogue
- Sundance oral history
A Minneapolis pastor asked for groceries for his congregation amid the ICE surge. Thousands of volunteers came to help
CBS News: Pastor Sergio Amezcua says more than 4,000 people have committed their time and effort to help.
Let’s talk about how Cities Church treats women
Baptist News Global: The pastors of Cities Church are part of a network of church planters connected to John Piper’s Calvinistic complementarian Desiring God ministries and Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis.
‘Think of it as a best friend and youth pastor in your pocket’*
Christianity Today: CT spoke over Zoom with ‘digital companion’ Creed cofounder Adi Agrawal about the app’s tech, business model, user base, and goals.
New visa rule to help foreign-born clergy stay in U.S. communities
Rhode Island Catholic: The Trump Administration has issued an Interim Final Rule that will soon be published in the Federal Register, which will impact foreign-born religious workers seeking to continue their ministries in the U.S.
Walking with King and Heschel past Beth Israel Synagogue
Baptist News Global: If the original sin of our nation was chattel slavery, the original sin of the church was antisemitism and anti-Judaism, writes H. Stephen Shoemaker.
The Spark
The ultimate Sundance oral history: ‘Screaming, crying and almost throwing up’
As it prepares for a final bow before relocating to Boulder, Colorado, Sundance alumni recount how America’s most consequential film festival launched careers, crushed nerves and rewrote the rules of independent cinema, says The Hollywood Reporter.
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