The schism in the UMC ended two years ago; but not in this Dallas church

The schism in the UMC ended two years ago; but not in this Dallas church
Religion News Service: Two years after a schism led 7,600 churches to leave the United Methodist fold, its reverberations are now being felt in a battle between one of its most elite churches and a Texas conference.

March on Washington renews focus on voting rights after Supreme Court gutting
Religion News Service: “The fact that we still have to fight to maintain and renew voting rights in this country is beyond abysmal and a truly national disgrace,” Martin Luther King III said Friday.

 

Dolly Parton and the ‘pretty darn good’ Southern church*
The New York Times: For many Americans, Parton represented an idealized style of faith: one centered in small rural congregations that prize community over ideology.

 

Sociologist Ryan Burge isn’t buying media reports that Christianity is flourishing
National Catholic Reporter: His number crunching disputes recent anecdotes describing the burgeoning state of American Christianity.

 

In Texas, ordinary Muslim religious practices are increasingly being treated as political threats
The Conversation: Elected officials across Texas are increasingly treating ordinary Muslim religious practice — prayer, dress, marriage counseling, even mosques themselves — as evidence of a political threat and saying so openly.