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JD Greear urges pastors not to call VP Kamala Harris Jezebel

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris of California. | Gage Skidmore Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear is urging pastors in the denomination to refrain from calling Vice President Kamala Harris “Jezebel” due to the racist connotations of the moniker. He is calling on them to honor and pray for her as an elected leader instead. Greear’s guidance comes in the wake of SBC’s pastors, including SBC Executive Committee member Steve Swofford, referring to the vice president by the term.  “I realize that some pastors are likely unaware of the history of certain racial stereotypes in calling or comparing our Vice President to Jezebel, but that doesn’t make such statements any less unwise,” Greear, who pastors the multi-campus Summit Church in North Carolina, wrote in a Twitter thread Tuesday.

ZAMBIA: Recommit to Values of Consecration, Bishop Chisanga Urges Men and Women Religious

ZAMBIA: Recommit to Values of Consecration, Bishop Chisanga Urges Men and Women Religious LUSAKA, FEBRUARY, 2021(CISA)-On the occasion of the 25 th world day of prayer for the consecrated, Bishop Patrick Chisanga, the  Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) Director for the Commission for the Consecrated  has called on all men and women religious to introspect and recommit to the values of consecrated life. “I invite you to take this annual celebration as the opportune occasion for introspection and recommitment to the values of your consecration … above all, let the community and personal daily prayer and meditation on the Word of God be the springboard that propels you into your everyday life and activities,” Bishop Chisanga said in a February 2 statement.

Considering the trees on Ash Wednesday

The ashes remind us that we are earth formations, that the material of our bodies is in solidarity with the rest of creation. All of life sprouts from the earth, flora and fauna together, each as part of the other. My mind hasn’t yet recovered from the shock of reading a medical study several years ago which revealed that more than half of my body is not human that, at a given moment, approximately 57 percent of my cells belong to other species. I contain multitudes: bacteria, viruses, fungi, archaea, a whole microbiome of life. Our bodies are microcosms of the world around us. Human life exists as an arrangement of mutual belonging with our environment. “We are coming to understand our bodies as habitats for hundreds of species of which

Scots pastors seek judicial review over church closures

Scots pastors seek judicial review over church closures Scots pastors seek judicial review over church closures 5 Feb 2021 w89 A group of church leaders has launched legal action over the closure of places of worship in Scotland under recent Covid-19 measures. Backed by the Christian Legal Centre, they are seeking a judicial review after Scottish Government ministers refused their request for church buildings to be allowed to reopen. A court decision on whether to allow the legal action to proceed is expected in the coming weeks. Worship criminalised The 27 church leaders and pastors involved come from a range of Christian denominations and include the Reverend Dr William Philip, who is minister of The Tron Church in Glasgow and a Trustee of The Christian Institute.

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