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Could churches be prime locations for EV charging stations One company thinks so

As more drivers make the decision to switch from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles, places to power them remain few and far between in large parts of the country. And with the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 incentivizing clean energy and electric cars, as well as providing investments for green technology, the demand will only increase.

Churches, with their large parking lots that often sit empty during the week, could help provide a solution.

Texas churches discover pioneering Black Episcopal priest s unmarked grave

For decades members of the three Episcopal churches in Galveston, Texas–Trinity, Grace and St. Augustine of Hippo–have wondered about the location of Thomas White Cain’s grave. Cain, who is recalled as much for his life and ministry as for his death, was priest-in-charge of St.

Timothy Lee tapped to head Disciples of Christ scholarly journal

Historian Timothy S. Lee will be the next general editor of the Journal of Discipliana, the scholarly journal of study for the Disciples of Christ and the broader Stone-Campbell movement. Lee will take over from Mark Toulouse who helped relaunch the 82-year-old publication in 2021 after a seven-year hiatus.

For the first time Union Presbyterian Seminary will be led by a woman

The Board of Trustees has named Jacqueline E. Lapsley to be the eighth president of Union Presbyterian Seminary.

As the first woman to lead the Seminary in its 211-year history, Lapsley is used to being a trailblazer. She was the first woman to serve as dean and vice president for academic affairs at Princeton Theological Seminary, a position she has held since 2018.

Citing disruptions to school and town Asbury authorities move to end 13 days of revival

After an estimated 50,000 Christian worshippers, celebrity pastors, and onlookers flocked to a rolling revival meeting at Asbury University over the past two weeks, the school’s administration announced a new, limited schedule for prayer services in hopes of restoring order to the campus in this tiny central Kentucky town.

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Why students at a Kentucky school are praying and singing around the clock

Last Wednesday, students at Asbury University gathered for their biweekly chapel service in the 1,500-seat Hughes Auditorium.

They sang. They listened to a sermon. They prayed.

Nearly a week later, many of them are still there.

“This has been an extraordinary time for us,” Asbury President Kevin Brown said during a gathering on Monday, more than 120 hours into what participants have referred to as a spiritual revival.

California senator announces bill to protect religious practices of incarcerated people

Rami Nsour, an advocate for incarcerated people, has seen firsthand how difficult it can be for those being held in California’s jails and prisons to practice their faith. As his clients are transferred from one facility to another, he said, they have to adhere to different rules governing religious clothing and grooming.