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RNS Morning Report - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School will move to Canada in acquisition deal

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Trinity Evangelical Divinity School will move to Canada in acquisition deal

(RNS) — The Evangelical Free Church long had an outsized role in evangelicalism and helped give birth to such institutions as The Gospel Coalition and Sojourners magazine. But declining enrollment and financial struggles have dogged the school for years.
 

Deborah Lipstadt welcomes Trump taking on antisemitism, but she has some concerns

(RNS) — ‘I will not paint these people as victims, or as heroes,’ Lipstadt said of international students detained by ICE, ‘but they deserve due process.’
 

Flushing Remonstrance on display for first time in 7 years at New York Public Library

NEW YORK (RNS) — The 17th-century letter is widely considered to have inspired the religious freedom clause in the First Amendment.
 

Catholic bishops say they will no longer partner with US on refugee work and children’s services

(RNS) — The announcement comes after months of uncertainty and antagonism about reimbursing Catholic agencies for their work with refugees.

 

RNS Opinion

For Jews traumatized by Oct. 7, Passover Seder is a model for how to process it

(RNS) — The Seder is a powerful example of how trauma can be reframed through ritual, turning horror into a story of hope and renewal.
 

What can we do to get our country back? Have a little interfaith.

(RNS) — The good works we do in service of our faith alongside people who join us in that work can fundamentally change the world.

 

ICYMI

Pennsylvania faith groups build altar at ICE office in protest of immigration arrests

(RNS) — The clergy-led gathering stood in defiance of ICE policies, drawing on shared interfaith values.
 

Shannon Fleck, who took on Christian nationalists in Oklahoma, named Faithful America leader

(RNS) — Fleck, a former probation officer turned pastor, was one of the leading voices against efforts to put Trump Bibles in schools.

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