RNS Morning Report - Latino pastors look to refit preaching and pastoral care to trauma of mass deportations

Top Stories Latino pastors look to refit preaching and pastoral care to trauma of mass deportations MONROVIA, Calif. (RNS) — Latino Christian leaders meeting in Southern California discussed how best to pastor congregations newly traumatized by the Trump mass deportation policy. ‘Exvangelical’ women are leaving their churches. But is it decline or renewal? (RNS) — Dissenting former evangelical Christian women are forging a path different from those who have left the church in the decades-long decline in institutional faith. In Newark, a Nation of Islam heir speaks against war in Gaza, Trump NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) — The Muslim-American Ministry for Human Salvation has distanced itself from the Nation of Islam’s controversial Black supremacist discourse but celebrates its roots with Muslim African American traditions. The Billy Graham Rule cost a New York man his job. Now he’s suing. (RNS) — Paul Ostapa, an HVAC technician, says he told his bosses the Bible will not let him work alone with women. When he refused to work alone with a female co-worker, he was fired. He’s suing in federal court for religious discrimination. Opinion In detaining Sami Hamdi, the administration is admitting it is using ICE to silence critics (RNS) — We are living through a new wave of Islamophobia. The new religious liberty: Intolerance for all but the few (RNS) — Six conservative Supreme Court justices have systematically recast religious liberty as a privilege to oppress. ICYMI Jen Hatmaker on ditching evangelical scripts: ‘That system robbed us all’ (RNS) — Hatmaker's newest book, 'Awake,' is part divorce memoir and part deconstruction tale. Tree of Life rabbi and Mother Emanuel pastor: 7 years of a friendship forged in tragedy (RNS) — A few days after the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers got an email from the Rev. Eric Manning of Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston — offering help and a listening ear. The two men say their friendship shows that love and kindness are more powerful than hate. In Other News Napa report: 75% of states flunk religious freedom index An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’ Support Our Work As a nonprofit newsroom that covers all faiths, RNS sits uniquely at the intersection of freedom of the press and freedom of religion. News tips or feedback? Email comments@religionnews.com. Like the Morning Report? Share it with a friend. Forwarded this newsletter? Subscribe here. We rely on reader donations to power our reporting. Donate here. Or send a check to: Religion News Foundation PO Box 1808 Columbia, MO 65205

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