Monday's News & Ideas - 5/6/2024
- UMC churches react to change
- Hillsong abuse settlement
- NPS funds to churches
- Israeli army invading Rafah
- Ukrainian church
- Pushkin books disappearing
‘A better church is possible’: Methodists celebrate as the church embraces the LGBTQ
CNN: The United Methodist Church has been at war with itself for decades over its stance on homosexuality.
Hillsong abuse settlement rejected over NDA*
Christianity Today: Victim says she wants accountability more than money.
Churches tied to Civil Rights awarded National Park Service preservation funds
Religion News Service: Other grantees will use the NPS funding to conduct historical surveys, including one in Detroit that will explore ‘the role of religion in the struggle for equality.’
Israeli army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Gaza’s Rafah ahead of an expected assault
Associated Press: The looming operation in the city — where more than 1 million Palestinians are sheltering and a high number of deaths is feared — has raised global alarm.
Damaged in war, a vibrant church in Ukraine rises as a symbol of the country’s faith and culture
Associated Press: This Orthodox Easter season, an extraordinary new church is bringing spiritual comfort to war-weary residents of the Ukrainian village of Lypivka. Two years ago, it also provided physical refuge from the horrors outside.
The Spark
Rare editions of Pushkin are vanishing from libraries around Europe
Dozens of books* have disappeared from Warsaw to Paris, The New York Times says. The police are looking into who is taking them, and why — a tale of money, geopolitics, crafty forgers and lackluster library security.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
