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Coronavirus Will Affect 68% of Easter Observers’ Spending Plans this Year – WalletHub
Around 68 percent of Americans who observe Easter say their Easter spending will be affected by the coronavirus this year, according to WalletHub’s new Coronavirus Easter Survey, released today. This survey, which follows WalletHub’s report on the State Economies Most...
Embalming and Cremation: Here’s What You Need to Know
Upon the passing of a loved one, the urgency to make arrangements can often be overwhelming. The process of preserving a body after death can be extensive and perplexing for those dealing with the emotions of loss. From the decisions for viewings to setting a loved...
Christ Embassy Conference Attracts Impressive Numbers to SSE Arena
A special conference for leaders and partners of the Christ Embassy took place on Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th of July, 2018 in SSE Arena in Wembley. Thousands of people packed the arena outside of London to attend the two-day event. The conference was hosted...
The Christ Embassy Church Congregation Embarks on a Tour to the Holy Land with Pastor Chris
Religion has been part and parcel of the society for many years. Christians come together in places such as churches with the sole aim of listening to the word of God. The likes of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome have been spreading the word of God for many years. As a church...
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White Christians made Donald Trump president — again
(RNS) — While the United States has become more religiously diverse in recent decades, white Christians remain the largest religious segment of the country, making up about 42% of the population, according to data from the Public Religion Research Institute. And for...
Abortion access referendums win in 7 out of 10 states but fail to boost Harris
(RNS) — The majority of state ballot initiatives that appeared on ballots on Election Day (Nov. 5) were approved by voters even in red states, but abortion nonetheless seems to still have a future as a hotly contested issue. Abortion was on the ballot in 10 states...
Imam and Quran Revolution founder Wisam Sharieff faces child porn investigation
(RNS) — Imam Wisam Sharieff, an online Quranic instructor for the educational nonprofit AlMaghrib Institute, has been accused in a criminal complaint filed by the FBI of conspiracy to produce child pornography. FBI special agent Eric Salvador reported details of the...
Chaplains at the polls, prayers by faith leaders mark historic Election Day
WASHINGTON (RNS) — At the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women Inc., about midway along Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the U.S. Capitol, the Revs. Barbara Williams-Skinner and Jim Wallis sat in a briefing room to get a noontime update...
On Election Day in small-town Pennsylvania, faith drives votes for Trump and Harris
LITITZ, Pa. (RNS) — Elsy Jurez and her daughter, Penelope, paused at the Republican Party booth on their way into their polling location on Tuesday (Nov. 5). Donned in a bright pink vest, the elder Jurez smiled and joked with the GOP staffers for several minutes...
Bad Bunny’s defense of Puerto Rico takes a prayerful turn
(RNS) —In the summer of 2022, when superstar reggaeton artist Bad Bunny released “Un Verano Sin Ti” (“A Summer Without You”), an album that went on to become Spotify’s most streamed album of all time, even the archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, came down with Bad...
State ecumenical groups ramp up efforts to combat Christian nationalism
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (RNS) — After watching a documentary on the threat of Christian nationalism on a Tuesday evening last week, members of Word Tabernacle Church, a predominantly Black congregation about 55 miles east of Raleigh, had lots of questions. Mostly, they...
At Harris rally outside Pittsburgh, candidate’s supporters make faith appeals
RANKIN, Pa. (RNS) — Beneath the lofty, rusted towers of the Carrie Blast Furnaces, a retired industrial site on the edge of Pittsburgh, Kamala Harris made her next-to-final bid to Pennsylvania voters with the help of Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Pennsylvania Sen....
Jason Yates promoted Christian values as CEO of My Faith Votes. He now faces child porn charges.
(RNS) — The former president of an evangelical get-out-the-vote nonprofit, which seeks to motivate Christian voters to promote family values and “biblical truth” in the public square, was charged Monday (Nov. 4) with eight counts of possessing child pornography. Jason...
Prayer, contemplation and comfort food as voters go to polls
(RNS) — As the nation awaits the results of Election Day, some houses of worship are opening their doors for prayer and faith leaders are gathering in online prayer sessions. In the nation’s capital and far beyond it, people across faith traditions and across the...
Why are some Christians opting for the American Solidarity Party?
(RNS) — Some Christians who consider themselves more “pro-life” than just anti-abortion have had enough. Disenchanted with Donald Trump and no longer home in a party that this summer abandoned its plank opposing abortion, this subset of highly engaged Christian voters...
Immigration is many voters’ top issue, but these swing-state churches say it’s not politics
MADISON, Wis. (RNS) — When Toni Swandby and her husband Mark decided to host Ngwa Augustine, a recent immigrant to Wisconsin from Cameroon, the couple opened not just their home to him, but their congregation at Midvale Community Lutheran Church. “Not only did the...