Friday's News & Ideas - 3/15/2024
- Ruling on religious tax exemption
- American Bible Society closing museum
- Part-time pastors can help
- India citizenship law
- Editor who transformed religious publishing
- Four years since COVID emergency
A Wisconsin ruling on Catholic Charities raises the bar for religious tax exemptions
The Associated Press: Exemptions that allow religious organizations to avoid paying Wisconsin’s unemployment tax don’t apply to a Catholic charitable organization because its on-the-ground operations aren’t primarily religious, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
American Bible Society will close its $60 million museum*
Christianity Today: The Bible museum on Independence Mall in Philadelphia was open less than three years and had attracted fewer visitors than projected.
Full-time ministry drains too many clergy and church budgets. Part-time pastors can help.
Religion News Service: The happier, healthier future of ministry is in part-time clergy.
India announces steps to implement a citizenship law that excludes Muslims
NPR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Monday announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a third term in office.
The editor who transformed religious publishing*
America: Author Stephen Prothero spent several years poring through the Exman archive and, in this enriching book, “God the Bestseller,” takes the reader on a journey through the publisher’s life and works.
The Spark
Four years on, COVID has reshaped life for many Americans
COVID was declared a national emergency* on March 13, 2020. Even as the threat of severe illness and death has faded, the pandemic’s effects linger, The New York Times says.
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