News & Ideas

Daily headlines about the church and the world

Each weekday Faith & Leadership searches the internet for stories of interest to Christian leaders. The result is News & Ideas, a guide to some of the most thought-provoking stories about the church and the world you might otherwise never see.

Friday's News & Ideas - 6/25/2021

Residential school graves
Conversion therapy bans
Poll on US moral values
Evangelicals & climate action?
Wounded Knee spiritual leader dies
Songwriting book club

Thursday's News & Ideas - 6/24/2021

Hillsong docuseries
Bakker COVID-19 lawsuit
‘Fire monks’
Young evangelicals & culture wars
Fertility & religious decline?
The myth of in-person innovation

Wednesday's News & Ideas - 6/23/2021

Ministry disqualifications?
Faith leaders on DC statehood
Judge tosses claims against Trump
Why pope won’t stop bishops
Rachel Held Evans children’s book
Doctors need mental health support

Tuesday's News & Ideas - 6/22/2021

Weaponization of communion
Republicans on religious voters
Tension of serving homeless
Sporting hijab ban
Empty Armenian church
The postracial myth

Monday's News & Ideas - 6/21/2021

Bishops rethink communion rules
Miseducation on Black history
Chicago Catholic church closes
Saudi Arabia’s religious reset
Ode to Juneteenth
Human rights in pictures

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