New churches a refuge for disaffected ‘dones’
At nontraditional congregations popping up across the country, many people have stories of rocky relationships with church. But they felt something was missing when they left.
At nontraditional congregations popping up across the country, many people have stories of rocky relationships with church. But they felt something was missing when they left.
“To hear that 6 million Jews were murdered is overwhelming,” Rena Quint said. “To hear one story from someone who lived through the Holocaust makes a strong impression.”
In March 1965, he and fellow editor Martin E. Marty participated in the second civil rights march in Selma, Alabama.
“Once we see that our relatives in Myanmar have gotten full citizenship rights,” said one community leader, “no one will have to force us to go back.”
Over the past two years, the nation’s refugee resettlement system has been slowly dismantled.
Leaders of the Freedom From Religion Foundation argue that the allowance discriminates in favor of ministers.
Civil rights advocates called for curbing hate speech online, as the perpetrator’s video continued to circulate on social media.
“Our country,” said French president Emmanuel Macron, “like Europe as a whole and almost all Western democracies, is facing a resurgence of anti-Semitism not seen since the Second World War.”
Evan Mawarire, a pastor and pro-democracy activist, was arrested in a crackdown on peaceful protesters. The following month, churches convened a dialogue with the president’s administration and others.
Lederach is being honored for his four-decade-long peacebuilding career.