Thursday's News & Ideas - 10/17/2024
- SBC pastor lied to FBI
- AAPI evangelicals & voting
- Conservative ‘Million Women’ rally
- WA churches join voluntarily
- LA Catholic record settlement
- A love story
Matt Queen, SBC pastor and former seminary professor, pleads guilty to lying to FBI
Religion News Service: Queen is the first SBC leader to be charged in an ongoing DOJ investigation into the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Asian American evangelicals’ theology is conservative. But that doesn’t mean they vote that way
The Associated Press: Some emphasize that while they still hold theologically conservative views on abortion and LGBTQ+ issues, their opinions on those and other issues such as immigration and racial equity tend to be more nuanced and diverse.
Christians flock to Washington to pray for America to turn to God — by electing Trump
NBC News: Conservative organizers of the “Million Women” worship rally billed the event — and the November election — as “a last stand moment” to save the nation from satanic forces.
Washington churches join forces after decades of disagreement
Religion Unplugged: Both congregations were doing fine financially. “Neither church had to do this,” said elder Steve Payne.
L.A. Catholic Church payouts for clergy abuse top $1.5 billion with new record settlement*
The Los Angeles Times: More than 300 priests who worked in the archdiocese in Los Angeles have been accused in public records of sexually abusing minors.
The Spark
A shark attack and a terrorist bombing: This is a love story
The attack at the Boston Marathon nearly killed her. Two years later and five thousand miles away, a violent encounter with a shark took his leg. Had either event not occurred, they wouldn’t be married* today, Esquire says.
*access is limited for nonsubscribers
