Friday's News & Ideas - 3/11/2022
- Massive Christian ad campaign
- 2020 census bias
- Megachurch debates allegations
- Yeshiva University basketball
- Interreligious couple
- Rare reporting from Russia
$100M ad campaign aims to make Jesus the ‘biggest brand in your city’
Christianity Today: “He Gets Us,” an effort to attract skeptics and cultural Christians, launches nationally this month. But Christians still have questions about how the church markets faith.
The 2020 census had big undercounts of Black people, Latinos and Native Americans
NPR: The 2020 census continued a longstanding trend of undercounting Black people, Latinos and Native Americans, while overcounting people who identified as white and not Latino, according to estimates from a report the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.
Bruxy Cavey’s former megachurch debates allegations: Sex abuse or an affair?
Religion News Service: Cavey’s victim wanted the board to define what happened as ‘clergy sexual abuse.’ The Meeting House church called it ‘sexual harassment’ and ‘abuse of power.’ Cavey called it an "extramarital affair."
Yeshiva University basketball team ends unforgettable era
Associated Press: In the locker room after the game, some players — and even their usually stoic coach — choked back tears.
Three celebrations, two religions, one intercultural couple
Vice: On paper, Ankit Mehta and his wife Anna Mehta don’t have much in common. Ankit is from Mumbai, India, and practices Hinduism. Anna is from Manila, Philippines, and practices Christianity. But the two have found ways to meet in the middle.
The Spark
A Russian journalist who stayed behind
As the war escalates, real reporting from within Putin’s circle* has become nearly impossible, The New Yorker says.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
