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March 26, 11:35 PM
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Gallup Poll: More Than Half of Americans Rarely Go To Church - The Roys Report

Gallup Poll: More Than Half of Americans Rarely Go To Church - The Roys Report | Apollyon | Scoop.it

Americans are increasing divided into those who never or very rarely go to church and those who attend worship services frequently.

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May 31, 2023 4:19 PM
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11-month-old girl dies after left in car for 3 hours while parents went to church: Police - ABC News

11-month-old girl dies after left in car for 3 hours while parents went to church: Police - ABC News | Apollyon | Scoop.it

An 11-month-old baby girl has died after being left in a car for three hours while her parents attended a Florida church service, police said.

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July 9, 2020 3:37 PM
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To fight racism, we need to confront religion’s racist past - ReligionNews.com

To fight racism, we need to confront religion’s racist past - ReligionNews.com | Apollyon | Scoop.it

(RNS) — Until very recently, we Americans seemed to think similarly about all our racist structures: as part of a past that no longer pertained. Yet there’s nothing ‘past’ about American racism — it is our present.

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April 29, 2020 6:43 PM
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‘A phantom plague’: Evangelicals who defied social distancing guidelines are dying of coronavirus in frightening numbers | Raw Story

‘A phantom plague’: Evangelicals who defied social distancing guidelines are dying of coronavirus in frightening numbers | Raw Story | Apollyon | Scoop.it

Countless non-fundamentalist churches in the United States, from Catholic to Lutheran and Episcopalian, have embraced social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic and temporarily moved their activities online. But many Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals have been irresponsibly downplaying the dangers of COVID-19 and doing so with deadly results: journalist Alex Woodward, in the U.K.-based Independent, reports that the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 30 pastors in the Bible Belt.

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January 28, 2018 12:01 AM
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Amid #MeToo, Evangelicals Grapple With Misconduct In Their Own Churches - NPR.org

Amid #MeToo, Evangelicals Grapple With Misconduct In Their Own Churches - NPR.org | Apollyon | Scoop.it
Christians focus deeply on a narrative of sin and redemption, but that theme can complicate how church leaders respond to sexual misconduct within their own ranks.
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January 9, 5:19 PM
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Christian scholar urges evangelicals to abandon church as it's lost 'moral credibility' - Raw Story

Christian scholar urges evangelicals to abandon church as it's lost 'moral credibility' - Raw Story | Apollyon | Scoop.it

A leading religious scholar said Tuesday he was using his faither to halt the "manifest surrender" of American Christians to Trump — and the fascism he expects him to bring. 

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October 19, 2020 11:34 PM
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Our church suspended in-person worship until 2021. This one question sealed the deal - ReligionNews.com

Our church suspended in-person worship until 2021. This one question sealed the deal - ReligionNews.com | Apollyon | Scoop.it

(RNS) — Decisions about when to reopen churches quickly became political and divisive when the pandemic hit. The answer depends on what questions we ask.

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May 30, 2020 11:59 PM
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Before reopening, houses of worship should consider what their faith holds most dear - ReligionNews.com

Before reopening, houses of worship should consider what their faith holds most dear - ReligionNews.com | Apollyon | Scoop.it

(RNS) — What makes the rush to reopen more curious is that it seems to go against the very notions of mutual care that our faith traditions teach us.

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Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them - Romans 12:14

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March 8, 2020 9:03 PM
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Coronavirus concerns see Catholic Church recommend changes to holy communion and holy water practices - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Coronavirus concerns see Catholic Church recommend changes to holy communion and holy water practices - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) | Apollyon | Scoop.it
The Catholic Church in Australia takes coronavirus precautions, including changing holy communion distribution and removing holy water from churches.
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  • "Catholic Bishops have instructed parishes to stop distributing holy communion from the chalice and remove holy water from stoups

  • Other precautions include not shaking hands as a sign of peace but to smile, wave, nod or bow, and to take the communion wafer by hand

  • They also want parishioners to stay away if they're sick so as not to infect others" - Isadora Bogle and Liz Rymill | ABC South East SA

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