by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
(RNS) — March Madness ends tonight with the ultimate church league showdown. For the first time in two years, the NCAA will crown a new men’s Division I basketball champion on Monday (April 5). The game features teams from Baylor University, the world’s largest...
by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
(Lifeway Research) — Fewer churchgoers filled pews and Bible studies during the pandemic, but many still continued personal discipleship habits throughout 2020. A study by Nashville-based Lifeway Research found U.S. churchgoers were less likely to...
by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
NOTE FROM NABF GENERAL SECRETARYI have met, hosted, respected and deeply admired Kathrine Hayhoe for a while now. This is an important article to read and to take encouragement from. I have also have a great deal of time and admiration for Sojourners. Unfortunately...
by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
As people across the country exhaled after the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin on Tuesday (April 20), social media quickly lit up with cries of “justice.” But while holding someone accountable for murdering George Floyd is a step toward justice, we must...
by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
(AP) — Faith leaders in Minnesota and across the United States expressed hope that their advocacy work for racial justice will gain momentum from the guilty verdict rendered against Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd. “It’s very...
by Jeremy Bell | Apr 30, 2021 | General
(RNS) — The first thing my daughter Claire asked when she came home from school on Tuesday (April 20) was, “Dad, what does a guilty verdict mean?” I thought of the passage in the Book of Joshua: “This shall be a sign among you; when your children ask later, saying,...
