According to several new reports, the Episcopal Church lost over 61,000 members in 2020, all before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
According to several new reports, the Episcopal Church lost over 61,000 members in 2020, all before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
A group of 101 Ohio clergymen has sent a letter to President Joe Biden detailing their reasons for standing against a vaccine mandate.
Thomas Schreiner, one of America’s leading evangelical scholars, took to social media recently to reject speculation that the COVID-19 vaccine could be the “mark of the beast” as mentioned in Revelation.
All four employees sought a religious exemption from taking the COVID-19 vaccine because it utilizes fetal cell tissues in research and development. In response, they argued that taking the shot would be committing a “grave sin” against their Catholic faith.
Trump made the remarks during an interview with the British magazine The Spectator. The former president says he is "very proud of the vaccine," and that "lives have been saved all over the world."
A study by the European Model of Immunology found that 96 percent of test subjects who had been infected with COVID-19 still carried neutralizing antibodies eight months later.
While many congregations have been back to worship for weeks and months, often masked and socially distant, some African American clergy continue to hold off on in-person services. Others have found that when they do open, most members continue to watch the livestreamed services from home.
The pastor, who had been in America for the last four months, was arrested by Canada Border Services Agency upon his return for not wearing a face mask and for holding a church service in June. He is slated to appear in court Oct. 13.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said 95 percent of the city’s 148,000 public school employees had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Monday morning. It was unclear as of Monday just how many employees had declined the vaccine and been placed on leave.
Seventeen Christian professionals in New York who filed a lawsuit earlier this month to be exempted from COVID-19 vaccine mandates are standing by their lawsuit despite a new mandate requiring all healthcare professionals to be at least partially vaccinated by October 1.
