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• Study: Black Christians See Limits to Multiracial Churches

  29-04-2021 20:02
  
  About a third experience racism and obstacles to leadership in congregations that value diversity.
  Most practicing Christians believe the church can enhance race relations in this country by welcoming people of all races and ethnicities, new research finds.
  But 29 percent of Black practicing Christians say they have experienced racial prejudice in multiracial congregations, compared to about a tenth who report such an experience in monoracial Black churches. And a third of Black Christians say i
  
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• Mask Up and Get Back to Church: CDC Endorses Indoor Worship After Vaccination

  29-04-2021 20:02
  
  Gathering at full-capacity is now listed among safe activities for people who have gotten the COVID-19 shot.
  The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened the agency’s social distancing recommendations this week, announcing that fully vaccinated people who wear masks can safely attend many indoor events such as worship services.
  CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky made the announcement Tuesday during a White House press briefing, where she outlined a number of indo
  
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• Makoto Fujimura Sings with God, Carries His Cross, and Awaits the New Creation

  29-04-2021 20:02
  
  In a new book, the renowned Christian artist gathers a lifetime of insights on faith and creativity.
  One of the most formative moments early in my artistic journey was hearing Andrew Peterson’s song “Let There Be Light.” I was in my late teens at the time, just beginning to grapple with the musical gifts that would eventually lead me to a career in composition. But as Peterson crooned the lyrics, “When your spirit is hovering over the deep / In the image of God just look
  
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• John Stott Is Still a Hero Every Christian Should Know About

  29-04-2021 20:02
  
  On what would have been John Stott’s 100th birthday, we celebrate his life and legacy.April 27th sees the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the great Christian leader John Stott, a man who helped and encouraged so many people across the world, including me.
  John Stott was born in 1921 in London. He was naturally gifted, possessing a brilliant mind, an amazing memory and an extraordinary self-discipline. John was brought to a living faith in Christ at public school through the preaching
  
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• Is It Too Early to Get Excited About a Malaria Vaccine?

  29-04-2021 20:02
  
  The war on the mosquito-spread disease has taken millions of lives. Could this be coming to an end?
  In 2019, 400,000 people around the world died of malaria. But it may never reach that high a number again.
  Early trials of a new vaccine have been shown to be 77 percent effective. This is not the first vaccine that has attempted to fight the deadly mosquito-transmitted disease. But it is the only one that has had this level of efficacy.
  This news comes when COVID-19 vaccines dominate the internat
  
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• ‘Faithful’ Project Offers Sacred Space for Christian Women to Create

  29-04-2021 20:02
  
  A new collaboration from Integrity Music brings together musicians and Bible teachers to celebrate God’s faithfulness to women in a way that transcends evangelical silos.The essence of Faithful, as both a product and a model of creative collaboration, is a meditation on authority and vulnerability and how they coexist in the stories and experiences of women.
  Through a thoughtfully designed book, album, and broadcast event, Faithful tells stories of women in the Bible—Rahab, Ruth, Eve
  
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• Died: C. René Padilla, Father of Integral Mission

  29-04-2021 20:02
  
  He pushed evangelicals to see social action and evangelism as“two wings of a plane.”
  Editor’s note: CT also offers a collection of tributes by leaders and friends of Padilla.
  C. René Padilla, theologian, pastor, publisher, and longtime staff member with the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, died Tuesday, April 27, at the age of 88.
  Padilla was best known as the father of integral mission, a theological framework that has been adopted by over 500 Christian
  
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• Log Off and Know that I Am God

  29-04-2021 12:58
  
  With all our faith talk online, we're in danger of losing sight of the Lord himself.
  
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• Leaders and Friends Remember C. René Padilla

  29-04-2021 12:58
  
  Theologians and pastors from Latin America and around the world mourn the theologian who helped integrate social action and evangelism.
  
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