Friday, October 16, 2020

Friday's Catch: Effective Engagement and More


Most of today's articles fall into the category of current events that affect local churches--the COVID-19 pandemic, what may become a superspreading event in a part of the South that is seeing a rise in the number of COVI-19 cases, and the United States' rising poverty rate. 

We Need to Reset the Rules of Cultural Engagement


The old, tried-and-true strategies don’t reflect the new world we live in. It’s time for an update. Read More

Health Officials Uneasy About Recent Worship Protest in Nashville

On Oct. 11, a large crowd, most of whom were not wearing masks, gathered in Nashville, Tennessee, for a worship protest led by political activist and worship leader Sean Feucht. Dr. Alex Jahangir, who is the chairman of Nashville’s Metro Coronavirus Task Force, has joined the Metro Public Health Department and Metro Interim Police Chief John Drake in voicing his dismay over Sunday’s gathering. Read More

Jesus Christ, Superspreader?

A conservative Christian preacher promised to bring “salvations, signs and wonders, and miracles” to Nashville on Sunday night when he hosted a mass religious gathering in the city’s Public Square Park downtown. The real miracle, however, will be if no one catches the coronavirus. Read More 

Nashville losing ground to COVID-19 as clusters arise among school-aged kids and families

After months of gaining ground on the coronavirus, Nashville saw a rise in infections and positive tests over the past two weeks, prompting concern that the city's fragile progress against the virus has begun to crack. Read More

The Great Barrington Declaration is an ethical nightmare

These scientists want more young, healthy people infected by the coronavirus. It’s a bad idea. Read More

Covid: Remdesivir 'has little or no effect' on survival, says WHO

Anti-viral drug remdesivir has little to no effect on Covid patients' chances of survival, a study from the World Health Organization (WHO) has found. Read More

Coronavirus: US poverty rises as aid winds down

Poverty rates in the US are rising, as government aid winds down despite ongoing economic distress caused by the pandemic. Nearly 8 million Americans - many of them children and minorities - have fallen into poverty since May, university researchers have said. Read More

What the Pandemic Taught Me about Preaching Preferences

Darron Edwards identifies three different environments to which his church has adapted—and shares wwhat he has learned through preaching in each one. Read More

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