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Gayraud Wil­more, famed scholar of black church history, dies at 98

Gayraud Wil­more, a pastor, renowned scholar of African Ameri­can church history, and key figure in the civil rights movement, died April 18 at the age of 98.

Wilmore received his call to the ministry in 1943 while dodging bullets in a foxhole. He had been drafted into the army and, as a member of the famed Buffalo Soldiers, served with the all-black 92nd Infantry Division in Italy during World War II.

Christian NGO helps indigenous people access accurate information about COVID-19

The World Association for Christian Communication has launched a rapid response fund to help support grassroots community media outlets that provide accurate coronavirus-related information to vulnerable people who often cannot access mainstream media.

Faith groups respond to rise in domestic violence amid global pandemic

When local and state governments across the nation began instituting shelter-in-place policies back in March, there was immediate concern for the risk staying at home would pose for survivors of domestic violence.

Marianne Hester, a Bristol University sociologist who studies abusive relationships, told the Chicago Tribune that domestic violence goes up whenever families spend more time together—like during Christmas and summer vacations.

Indeed, many communities have observed an upswing in the number of reported domestic violence incidents.

Grassroots campaign raises funds for New York’s nine Chinatowns

Back in February, law student Winn Periyasamy and her friends grabbed dinner in Manhattan’s Chinatown to show their support and dispel racist myths that those businesses were less safe than others. It wasn’t long until the crew, a group of self-described policy advocates, began hatching a scheme.

What if they organized a food crawl to bring business to Chinatown while also raising awareness about emerging racism and xenophobia?

For first time, majority of Protestant pastors say climate change is real

For years, the majority of US Protestant pastors surveyed about global warming questioned whether it was real and whether it was caused by humans.

But a new LifeWay Research survey shows that, for the first time since the company started asking, a majority of pastors (53 percent) agree with the statement “I believe global warming is real and man-made.” About a third—34 percent—strongly agree.

Sentiments of denial remain, with 38 percent disagreeing, including almost a quarter who disagree strongly. Another 10 percent say they are not sure.

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