Pandemic, loss unite 2 rural Missouri pastors around faith
NOEL, Mo. (AP) — Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. One is mostly white; the other hosts services in five languages for a flock that spans the world.
Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of Washington gridlock, Congress is set to act on a $900 billion pandemic relief package, finally delivering long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Pence, wife Karen, surgeon general get COVID-19 vaccines
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence was vaccinated for COVID-19 Friday (Dec. 18) in a live-television event aimed at reassuring Americans the vaccine is safe. He celebrated the shot as "a medical miracle" that could eventually contain the raging coronavirus pandemic.
2nd COVID-19 vaccine set for OK in US with panel endorsement
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government advisory panel endorsed a second COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, paving the way for the shot to be added to the U.S. vaccination campaign.
Ruling on Nevada church restrictions applauded
SAN FRANCISCO (BP) – Religious freedom advocates applauded a federal appeals court decision Tuesday (Dec. 15) that blocked enforcement of Nevada’s pandemic-related restrictions because they treat various secular events and businesses “significantly better” than worship gatherings.
FIRST-PERSON: Learning from 1918’s quiet Christmas
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP) – They called the holiday of December 1918 “the peace Christmas.” A truce had been declared. With the armistice announced, the shooting had stopped at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11.
Despite government limits, Nevada church finds a way to present live nativity
HENDERSON, Nev. — “Can you hold on a second? It’s my turn to hit.”
Justices order review of Colorado, New Jersey worship limits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower federal courts in Colorado and New Jersey to reexamine state restrictions on indoor religious services to combat the coronavirus in light of the justices' recent ruling in favor of churches and synagogues in New York.
‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine
The biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history kicked off Monday (Dec. 14) as health workers rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic — a day of optimism even as the nation's death toll closed in on 300,000.
Florida Baptist catalyst addresses growing hunger crisis
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) -- Rising food insecurity in the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic is no surprise to Jeffery Singletary. On his latest Feeding the Five Thousand Crusade to the Caribbean, the Florida Baptist leader sensed the hunger he's fought there since 2017 was headed to the U.S.
