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Jewish students on campus feel threatened, scared amid antisemitic spike

(RNS) — After hundreds of students at the University of California, Berkeley, staged a walkout last week to protest Israel’s military strikes in Gaza, Daniel Solomon, a graduate teaching assistant at the school, made a snap decision: Instead of the usual location near Sproul Hall, within earshot of pro-Palestinian groups’ chants, he moved his class’s meeting place to Berkeley’s chapter of Hillel, the national Jewish campus organization.

Poll: Religious attendance is shrinking but those who remain are happy

(RNS) — For American religion in recent years, the story has often been one of decline.

New Billy Graham archive opens on the late evangelist’s birthday

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) — In the twilight of his 99 years, the Rev. Billy Graham met with Duke Divinity School historian Grant Wacker, who was writing a biography of the famous evangelist.

Homeland Security appoints a new 25-member security faith advisory council

(RNS) — The Department of Homeland Security has announced the appointment of a new, 25-member faith-based advisory council to assist Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in finding ways to protect houses of worship.

24 inmates awarded BA degree in pastoral ministry will serve NC prisons as ministers

NASHVILLE, N.C. (RNS) — Twenty-four men wearing black caps and gowns strode across the stage of the Nash Correctional gym last week to collect a Bachelor of Arts diploma in pastoral ministry.

Study: Multiracial churches growing, but racial unity may be elusive

(RNS) — Derwin Gray and his wife, Vicki, founded Transformation Church in Lancaster County, South Carolina, 10 years ago, with the goal of gathering a congregation that reflected the racial demographics of the public schools in the area just across the border from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Exit polls show few changes in the religious vote

(AP/RNS) – Polling predictions frustrated and mystified voters on election night, as they did four years ago, when now-President Donald Trump far exceeded the prognosticators’ expectations.

James MacDonald, Harvest Bible Chapel reach agreement

CHICAGO (AP/RNS) – The Chicago-area megachurch Harvest Bible Chapel has reached a multimillion-dollar agreement with its former pastor James MacDonald, who was fired last year for insulting his critics who had written unfavorably about his leadership style.

Billy Graham statue to replace that of white supremacist in U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP/RNS) -- A life-sized statue of the Rev. Billy Graham will be installed in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall collection sometime next year, replacing a statue of a white supremacist that both the state of North Carolina and the U.S. House want removed.

Survey: Most Americans not comfortable going back to church

WASHINGTON (AP/RNS) -- A new study examining Americans' response to COVID-19 shows that with the exception of white evangelicals, a majority of Americans are not comfortable returning to in-person religious services. The results of the survey suggest that despite political pressure to reopen houses of worship -- from President Donald Trump as well as leading conservative Christians and religious liberty advocates -- Americans aren't quite ready to take a seat in a sanctuary.