Monday's News & Ideas - 9/30/2023
- Whiteness of US churches
- Volunteers for Trump events
- Struggle for American Christianity
- ‘The After Party’ resource
- Filing taxes as a ‘church’
- Abortion group divides
The overwhelming whiteness and increasing maleness of U.S. churches isn’t an accident — it’s a selling point
Religion Dispatches: Survey after survey reveals a marked increase in young men’s church attendance, while young women’s church attendance continues to wane. But silence on the overwhelming whiteness of these young Christian men is deafening.
Trump’s volunteers: ‘Beautiful ladies’ from a secretive evangelical church*
The New York Times: Women from an insular North Carolina church — with a history of “blasting” members judged sinners — are helping to stage the former president’s campaign events.
This election, a struggle for the soul of American Christianity is key*
The Washington Post: That’s why battleground North Carolina will be “ground zero for a faith war.”
‘The After Party’ offers Christians an escape from divisive partisan politics
Religion Unplugged: Over the past few years, a number of clergy, laypeople partners and funders, some faith-based and some secular, have invested in efforts to reach Americans who are exhausted by the nonstop shouting match of contemporary American politics.
How the US government can stop ‘churches’ from getting treated like real churches by the IRS
The Conversation: The Family Research Council is a conservative advocacy group with a “biblical worldview.” Although its activities are primarily focused on policy, advocacy, government lobbying and public communication, the Internal Revenue Service granted the council’s application to be treated as “an association of churches” in 2020.
The Spark
Abortion groups are raising more money than ever. Where exactly is it going?
Activists confront competing priorities, tactics and goals ahead of Trump and Harris’s match-up in November, Vox says.
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