Here are CT’s best articles on how churches around the world are responding to the COVID-19 outbreak and how Christians can best be faithful in this season of coronavirus. (For our latest news, click here.)
When Pastors and Pews Disagree on Churches Reopening
Compiled by Kara Bettis
When Not Helping Hurts
Peter Greer and Ashley Dickens
When Your Church Reopens, Here’s How to Meet Safely
Daniel P. Chin
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‘Free in Christ’ to Defy State Closures? Latino Churches Offer Insight.
Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III
Coronavirus Calls for Revival of Real Pentecostalism
Chris E. W. Green
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Resurrection Hope Extends Beyond Easter Sunday
Jarvis J. Williams
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Surviving COVID-19 in Spain Changed My Faith
Marcos Zapata
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Why Brazil’s Churches Closed, Even Though President Bolsonaro Disagrees
Maurício Zágari and The Associated Press
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An Easter Without Going to Church
Daniel Harrell
To Cancel or Not to Cancel: That Is the Question
Walter Kim and Timothy Dalrymple
Christians, Let’s Flatten the Curve But Remain a ‘Religion for the Sick’
Brewer Eberly, Ben Frush, and Emmy Yang
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Is the Coronavirus Evil?
Daniel Harrell
Playing God: Pandemic Brings Moral Dilemmas to US Hospitals
Interview by Kara Bettis
Hospital Restrictions Bar Chaplains from Ministering Bedside
Griffin Paul Jackson
The Case for Sheltering in Place Without Screens
Jedd Medefind
It’s Hard to Close Black Churches amid COVID-19
Elaine Howard Ecklund and Deidra Carroll Coleman
When I Was a Health Risk to Society
Rachel Jones
What’s Your Leadership Style? (Part 2)
Bill Hybels
Sermon Workshop: Preaching Hot Potatoes
Joe McKeever
Mexico’s Persecuted Protestants Lack Simple Coronavirus Defense
Emily Featherstone
Faith over Fear, Anxiety, and Disaster
Compiled by Alex Mellen and Morgan Lee
Bethlehem Christians Bear Burden of Israel’s Coronavirus Crackdown
Griffin Paul Jackson
Chinese American Churches on the Frontlines of Coronavirus Vigilance
Yonat Shimron – Religion News Service
In Seoul, Coronavirus Forced Me to Give Up Community for Lent
Jeannie Whitlock
500 of Korea’s 1,000 Coronavirus Cases Tied to Shincheonji Church
Kim Tong-Hyung – Associated Press
Craig Groeschel Quarantined After Coronavirus Exposure at Willow Creek Germany
Bob Smietana – Religion News Service
This Is My Body, Prepackaged for You
Adelle M. Banks – Religion News Service
Give Us Clean Hands: Christians Embrace Scientific Responses to COVID-19
Elana Schor – Associated Press
Students Are Scrambling After Universities Close. Churches Can Help.
Hannah Eagleson and Bob Trube
How to Lead Online Worship Without Losing Your Soul—or Body
W. David O. Taylor
Are Church Services Considered ‘Essential’? Depends Where You Live
Elana Schor – Associated Press
Growing Edge Book Review: Not What I Do
Eric Nelson
CT’s president and CEO Timothy Dalrymple has been offering a daily devotion:
You can also download a free CT resource, A Concise Coronavirus Guide for Churches, as a PDF at morect.com/coronavirusguide.
Church Law & Tax offers its own latest news and advice, including three steps to determine if government guidance on COVID-19 affects your church’s public gatherings.
Additional resources can be found at coronavirusandthechurch.com, including a planning manual and template from the Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College.