Church the way it used to be?

Church the way it used to be?
Baptist News Global: Church “the way it used to be” is an illusion, a moment in time that has passed but continues to influence the present, Mark Wingfield says.

Condos for Christ: Union Theological Seminary in turmoil over proposed tower
Gothamist: Union students are protesting a plan to build a luxury condo tower on a corner of the seminary's quad.

Trump's religious bigotry is as American as apple pie
USA Today: Muslims, like Catholics and Mormons, fall victim to Americans' persistent fear of those who worship differently, Stephen Prothero says.

Catholics shouldn't try to convert Jews, says new Vatican document
Reuters: Catholics should not try to convert Jews and should work with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said today in a major new document that drew the Church further away from the strained relations of the past.

#OpenTheseDoors: A movement to turn New York's closed churches into shelters
Religion Dispatches: Campaign hopes to convince Cardinal Dolan that closed parishes should be repurposed into housing for poor and low-to-moderate income New Yorkers.