An Ecumenical Ministry in the Parish of St Patrick's Catholic Church In San Diego USA

米国サンディエゴの聖パトリックカトリック教会教区におけるエキュメニカル宣教

Friday, October 30, 2020

Megachurches continue to grow and diversify, steer clear of politics

Seeking power in Jesus’ name: Trump sparks a rise of Patriot Churches*

The Washington Post: A new congregation is gathered in a barn in Lenoir City, Tenn., with a roof that has a 60-foot American flag painted on it. And they are praying for a Trump landslide.

Time: Twenty-eight U.S. Christian right groups have spent millions of dollars pursuing conservative agendas that threaten LGBTQ and women’s rights in Europe, a new investigation by British news website openDemocracy found Tuesday.

The Conversation: As religious services went online to protect congregants from the coronavirus, a paradox emerged: Worshipers were connected via the internet to a potentially wide community, but it felt like a more private affair.

National Catholic Reporter: Headlines affirming that President Donald Trump's numbers are up with Latinos, especially in Florida and Arizona, left many of us scratching our heads.

America: “It’s cruelty, and separating kids from parents goes against natural rights,” the pope says in the documentary “Francesco.” “It’s something a Christian cannot do. It’s cruelty of the highest form.”
 
CNN: Jerry Falwell Jr., who resigned as president of Liberty University in August after a sex scandal and other controversies, is now suing the evangelical school for defamation and breach of contract.

Christian Century: What would happen if we listened to each other in love?

The Atlantic: Former Vice President Joe Biden is using his Scranton bona fides to win over a key voting bloc.

Religion News Service: A look at megachurches over the past five years finds that most have grown larger and more diverse and become less likely to call themselves evangelical.

NPR: A man used a knife to attack people at the Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, France, Thursday, killing three people, authorities say.
 
The Washington Post: Eventually, we will need to rebuild our shared political norms. Faith should be part of the solution.

The Guardian: Action comes after appearances by Franklin Graham were cancelled amid protests from LGBT rights campaigners.

The New York Times: A Christian evangelical who was shunned for her lesbianism, she became an influential scholar of the Bible, finding in it acceptance of LGBTQ people.

Crux: The Vatican criminal tribunal agreed Tuesday to broaden a sex abuse trial involving the Holy See’s youth seminary beyond two priests already charged to include the religious organization responsible for running the residence.

Religion & Politics: During June’s primary elections in Lackawanna, New York, all but one of 200 ballots with objections filed against them had names that sounded Muslim or Middle Eastern.
 
Associated Press: More than 1,000 clergy members, religious scholars and other faith-based advocates have signed onto a unique statement that supports a comprehensive path to “a free and fair election” and urges leaders to heed the verdict of “legitimate election results” regardless of who wins in November.

Deseret News: In Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Florida members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may make the difference.

Christianity Today: The 2020 race brings out generational gaps within the most undecided Asian American demographic.

The Guardian: Protests take place in several countries against French president in aftermath of crackdown.

Religion News Service: An abatement order was issued for the United House of Prayer for All People after an outbreak of COVID-19 led to more than 121 cases and at least three deaths.

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