Wednesday's News & Ideas - 4/1/2020
- Pandemic & church giving
- Second pastor charged
- Molly Marshall resigns
- Confronting death
- Cardinal feeds homeless
- Environment & pandemics
Pandemic presents challenge to church giving
United Methodist News Service: Most churches still rely on offerings even when they can’t pass the plate.
Second pastor charged with violating public orders says church doors will still be open on Sunday
CNN: For the second time in two days, police have charged a pastor with defying public orders against large gatherings by holding church services with hundreds of members.
President of Central Baptist Theological Seminary resigns due to ‘ethical lapse’
Religion News Service: The Rev. Molly T. Marshall has stepped down as president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary due to an unspecified “ethical lapse,” according to a statement from the seminary.
What are the dying worth?*
New York Times: With the coronavirus upon us, Americans now must confront death up close.
During coronavirus, German cardinal opens seminary to feed homeless
Catholic News Agency: “I have decided to open up our seminary for the homeless while our seminarians are gone due to the corona restriction,” the cardinal said.
The Spark
Our environmental practices make pandemics like the coronavirus more likely
The story we tell about pandemics casts us as victims of nature. It’s the other way around, Vox says.
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