Is this the end of USAID?

How my dad reconciled his God and his gay son*
The New York Times: When I came out, it shook his faith and fractured his church. But it never separated us. I wanted to understand how. So I read his journals, Timothy White writes.

Report details 17 cases of abuse by IHOPKC founder Mike Bickle
Religion News Service: “His actions not only violated the sanctity of his role but also caused profound harm to those he was meant to guide and protect,” the report said.

To keep aid coming, Ukraine appeals to Trump allies: Conservative Christians*
The New York Times: A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious freedom of Christians who don’t follow the Russian Orthodox Church.

Despite the GOP devolving into a white Christian nationalist party, majority of US does not support Christian nationalism
Religion Dispatches: Only 3-in-10 Americans support Christian nationalism.

Pro-Trump Arab American group changes its name after the president’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ comments
The Associated Press: A group that played a key role in Donald Trump’s voter outreach to the Arab American community alongside his allies is rebranding itself after the president said that the U.S. would “take over” the Gaza Strip.

Is this the end of USAID?*
Christianity Today: Christian partners around the world — suddenly fired, defunded, and without answers — worry that the new administration is done with the development agency.

Gen Z’s nones have their own beliefs. Try working with them, not converting them.
Religion News Service: A good model is the Nuns & Nones, a movement that invites religiously disaffiliated young people to deepen their spirituality by discussing the moral values that motivate them.

Refugee aid groups face furloughs after Trump halts program, refuses to reimburse work
Religion News Service: “We’ve been unable to access federal reimbursements for critical program costs, and that includes costs that were incurred prior to the issuance of the executive order,” said a spokesperson for Church World Service.

Aid is surging into Gaza under the ceasefire. Is it helping?
The Associated Press: Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip, bringing relief to a territory suffering from hunger, mass displacement and devastation following 15 months of war.

Florida board approves extensive gen ed overhaul*
Inside Higher Ed: The Florida Board of Governors voted to remove hundreds of classes, many touching on race and gender, from general education offerings at all 12 state universities.