Not only does CT monitor and report breaking religion news here on Gleanings, we also do our best to update previous blog posts as stories continue to develop.
We announce updates via Twitter; but in case you’re not one of the more than 116,000 people following @CTmagazine (and honestly, why aren’t you?), here’s what you missed this week:
(Editor’s note: This is NOT a roundup of the new blogs we posted this week, so shouldn’t replace your daily reading!)
No Ban on Military Evangelism, Despite Conservative Fears
Update: Statement from Southern Baptist leaders rejects conspiracy theories but notes “troubling lack of respect for true religious diversity in our military.”
Did a Display of Faith at Finish Line Disqualify a Texas Track Team?
Update: New statements suggest that student’s faith wasn’t being team’s disqualification after all.
North Korea Puts American Missionary on Trial
Update: American Kenneth Bae may have been working for Youth With A Mission to plant churches.
How Not To Evangelize Muslims: Stick A Pig’s Head On A Pole
Update: As organizers plan to move the nation’s largest Arab American festival to an access-controlled site, the city must apologize to arrested Christian missionaries.
Bible Burning Spreads to Another Former Soviet State
Update: Placing video cameras in every church is just one of 74 new regulations that Kazakhstan is proposing to limit religious freedom.
Syrian Christians: Caught Up in Chaos of Faith and Politics
Update: Church leaders and government officials are calling for the release of two kidnapped Orthodox bishops in Syria.
Update: Court says Baptist foster agency cannot object to state’s settlement of lawsuit, despite stigma fears.
Will Boy Scouts Board Members Lift the Ban on Gay Members?
Update: Ahead of this month’s vote, Boy Scouts of America survey says a majority of members support the current ban.
Will ‘God of Second Chances’ Ad Help Mark Sanford Win Re-Election?
Update: After an affair cost him his office and marriage, the evangelical former governor of South Carolina has won back his House of Representatives seat–and made some interesting comments about grace.
Texas Cheerleaders Win Temporary Victory In Bible-Verse Banners Case
Update: District judge says no law “prohibits cheerleaders from using religious-themed banners at school sporting events.”
Bible Publisher Tyndale Files Lawsuit Against HHS Contraceptive Mandate
Update: Government retreats on appeal of Tyndale’s temporary injunction–but why?
Broadest School Vouchers in the Nation Upheld by Court
Update: Vouchers may have been upheld in Indiana, but Lousiana Supreme Court calls the nation’s second-largest program unconstitutional.
Should Churches Have Buried the Boston Marathon Bomber?
Update: Debate over what to do with Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body finally resolved.
Are Christian-Muslim Relations in East Africa Going the (Violent) Way of Nigeria?
Update: World Watch Monitor says Tanzania is “no longer being considered ‘safe.'”
Christian Tourists in Kashmir Face Violence over Conversion Claims
Update: United Jihad Council warns missionaries to leave Kashmir or “suffer the consequences.”
