Nonprofit Employing Refugee Women Resumes Operations, Making New Product: Face Masks
On March 20, a small, suburban Chicago sewing studio and storefront that employs refugee women came to a screeching halt. That’s when Illinois Governor J.B.
After Pastor Dies of COVID-19, Embattled Church Requires Staff to Sign Liability Waiver
A Chicago-area megachurch—already under fire for telling staff to keep a pastor’s COVID-19 diagnosis secret and allegedly forcing them to work in unsafe conditions—now is
Hobby Lobby Under Fire for Reopening Stores & Treatment of Employees
Hobby Lobby, the popular arts and crafts store owned by outspoken Christians, today is under fire for reopening stores in states with stay-at-home orders in
Group Promotes “Medication Abortion” During COVID-19 Pandemic; Abortions Continue at Clinics & Hospitals
As the nascent coronavirus pandemic began to threaten global health, one of the world’s leading humanitarian medical groups took a stand—on abortion. In January, Doctors
Samaritan’s Purse Sends Emergency Field Hospital to New York City
Two weeks ago, Samaritan’s Purse flew an emergency field hospital to Italy to help with the coronavirus outbreak there. Now it’s setting up a similar
Pastor of Chicago Megachurch Tells Staff to Keep an Outbreak of COVID-19 Among Pastors & Staff Secret
The lead pastor of Calvary Church of Naperville—a megachurch in the Chicago suburbs with an attendance around 6,000— this week told his staff to keep secret
Local Food Banks Face Shortages of Food & Manpower, But Some Churches are Filling the Gap
“We are extremely concerned,” said Anna Kurian, spokesperson for North Texas Food Bank. “There are actually 800,000 food-insecure people across north Texas. When a disaster
Shepherds’ Conference Confirms Conference Guest Died of COVID-19
The Shepherds’ Conference—a pastors’ conference in early March hosted by Pastor John MacArthur‘s church—today confirmed that a 90-year-old pastor who had attended the conference passed
Pastor Who Attended John MacArthur’s Shepherds’ Conference Dies From Suspected Case of Coronavirus; Attenders Not Notified
An elderly man who attended John MacArthur’s Shepherds’ Conference earlier this month has passed away due to a”highly suspected case” of coronavirus, according to multiple
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Supplies & Doctors to Italy
Samaritan’s Purse, today airlifted a 68-bed emergency field hospital to Milan, Italy, to help with the coronavirus outbreak there. A DC-8 owned by the humanitarian
Excommunicated Baptists Say Megachurch Smeared Them as Racists—and so did SBC Leaders
Last fall, First Baptist Church (FBC) Naples—a prominent Southern Baptist megachurch in southwest Florida—made national headlines for rejecting an African American pastoral candidate because of
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