Thursday's News & Ideas - 9/19/2024
- Global Methodist Church meeting
- Israeli settlers & modern Israel
- SBC to sell Nashville building
- NOLA archdiocese compensation
- Stealing church’s pride flags
- Bodies of poor used for medicine
The Global Methodist Church will meet in Costa Rica. Sexuality is not on the agenda.
Religion News Service: The new denomination, with 4,715 congregations, will meet to adopt a constitution and iron out its governance structure.
How the Israeli settlers movement shaped modern Israel
The Conversation: The increase in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past year has been unprecedented. Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and the start of the war, there have been more than 1,000 attacks, according to a new report from the International Crisis Group.
Southern Baptists to sell downtown Nashville building due to costs over SBC abuse inquiry*
The Tennessean: In a bold move to stabilize the Southern Baptist Convention’s finances, Southern Baptist administrative leaders announced Tuesday the denomination’s building in downtown Nashville will go on the market.
New Orleans Catholic church offers $62.5m after abuse victims seek $1bn
The Guardian: The archdiocese’s proposal comes as survivors of sexual abuse by clergy request ‘very reasonable’ $1bn to settle claims.
Someone keeps stealing a Houston church’s pride flags. They’re not deterred.*
Chron: FCC Katy, the only LGBTQ+ friendly church servicing the western reaches of suburban Houston, uses its pride flags to proudly signal that all are welcome.
The Spark
Cut up and leased out, the bodies of the poor suffer a final indignity in Texas
The University of North Texas Health Science Center built a flourishing business using hundreds of unclaimed corpses, NBC News says.
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