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📊 Is America losing its religion? Four intriguing stats from a new national survey 🔌
Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” features analysis, fact checking and top headlines from the world of faith. Subscribe now to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged 80%: Eight out of 10 U.S. adults agree “religion’s role in American life is shrinking — a percentage that’s as high as it’s ever been in … Continue reading 📊 Is America losing its religion? Four intriguing stats from a new national survey 🔌
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🏆 Hello, Adelle: Longtime RNS journalist to receive Lifetime Achievement Award 🔌
Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” features analysis, fact checking and top headlines from the world of faith. Subscribe now to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Best of the best: “Surely there’s someone out there who doesn’t like Adelle M. Banks. “I just haven’t found that person yet.” Noting the respect afforded … Continue reading 🏆 Hello, Adelle: Longtime RNS journalist to receive Lifetime Achievement Award 🔌
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‘How can we bless these churches?’
At a time of declining numbers, post-pandemic challenges and political polarization, a Nebraska conference touts hope for revival. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle YORK, Neb. — At 8:30 a.m. on a weekday, exuberant voices praising God filled the historic prayer chapel at York University. About 130 Christians from 13 states and Canada sang hymns such as “There’s Not a Friend Like the Lowly Jesus,” “It … Continue reading ‘How can we bless these churches?’
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🤷🏻♀️ Are the feds still investigating Southern Baptist sex abuse? That’s a good question 🔌
Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” features analysis, fact checking and top headlines from the world of faith. Subscribe now to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Good morning, Weekend Plug-in readers! Since we last convened, we had Super Tuesday (the Biden-Trump rematch is all but set) and the State of the Union … Continue reading 🤷🏻♀️ Are the feds still investigating Southern Baptist sex abuse? That’s a good question 🔌
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Trusting God in the fire
In the Texas Panhandle, Christians lean on their faith after the largest wildfire in state history. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle CANADIAN, Texas — Dead cattle. Burned homes. Scorched prairie. The largest wildfire in state history made a mess of this small ranching town in the Texas Panhandle, forcing the Canadian Church of Christ to delay its planned Missions Giving Sunday. “We’ve had to put it off because of … Continue reading Trusting God in the fire
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‘God will provide’: Preacher loses house in Texas wildfire
‘You can replace things, but lives and souls — you can’t replace those,’ Shawn Davis says. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle CANADIAN, Texas — The sun came up on the Sunday morning after the fire. “More importantly, the Son arose,” said Shawn Davis, who snapped a photograph of the orange rays lighting up the scorched prairie. “Hope prevails!” The 55-year-old oil field worker … Continue reading ‘God will provide’: Preacher loses house in Texas wildfire
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‘It’s not the amount … it’s the heart’
Why did a Houston church give $50,000 to help Texas Panhandle wildfire victims — 600 miles away? Well, that’s an interesting story. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle CANADIAN, Texas — Nearly 600 miles separate this small town in the Texas Panhandle from the vast metropolis of Houston in the southeast part of the Lone Star State. The 800 members of the Memorial Church of Christ in Houston … Continue reading ‘It’s not the amount … it’s the heart’
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🧪 Faith and frozen embryos: Alabama’s IVF ruling stirs religious debate 🔌
Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” features analysis, fact checking and top headlines from the world of faith. Subscribe now to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Does God oppose in vitro fertilization?: Religions hold differing views, according to the Washington Post’s Michelle Boorstein: In an Alabama Supreme Court ruling equating IVF embryos … Continue reading 🧪 Faith and frozen embryos: Alabama’s IVF ruling stirs religious debate 🔌
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Church members’ homes destroyed in Texas Panhandle wildfire
At least a half-dozen families who attend Churches of Christ must rebuild after the largest blaze in Texas history. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle Multiple members of Churches of Christ have lost homes in the Texas Panhandle wildfire, which has grown into the largest in state history. The blaze destroyed the residences of three families who attend the Canadian Church of Christ, about 100 miles northeast … Continue reading Church members’ homes destroyed in Texas Panhandle wildfire
Faith. Family. Fastballs. 