Tuesday's News & Ideas - 6/4/2024
- Christian ministries selling buildings
- SBC ethics committee opposes IVF
- Black pastor’s support for Trump
- TX professors sue
- Closed churches in WI
- Commodification of self care
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Christianity Today: Evangelical organizations including Wycliffe, CT, and Lifeway are giving up their buildings and developing new models for remote work.
Southern Baptist ethics committee says IVF is immoral, tells Christians to oppose it
Religion News Service: Echoing Catholic teaching, ERLC President Brent Leatherwood says the procedure causes moral harm and separates procreation from sex.
A Black pastor is preaching support for Trump – but can he win over voters?
The Guardian: Darrell Scott, a Pentecostal minister from Cleveland, identifies himself as Trump’s “senior advisor.”
Texas professors sue to further limit student access to abortion*
Inside Higher Ed: Two University of Texas at Austin professors have joined a state lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education and Education Department officials to block new Title IX regulations from going into effect this summer.
As churches close, old properties can find new life in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Radio: A Madison pastor says some churches are transforming into health clinics and affordable housing.
The Spark
How the self-care industry made us so lonely
The commodification of an activist concept turned a revitalizing practice into an isolating one, Vox says.
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