by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 8, 2016 | News
A strong majority (86 percent) of U.S. Protestant pastors affirm that Christians are called to “care sacrificially for refugees and foreigners,” and 98 percent said they were “at least somewhat informed” about the Syrian refugee crisis. Yet,...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 7, 2016 | News
Following the voluntary resignation of more than 1,000 missionaries and staff, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, David Platt, addressed the agency’s future in a live webcast on March 3. Platt began by...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 3, 2016 | News
Church attendance and religious tradition impacted responses to questions about whether U.S. citizens sympathized more with Israelis or Palestinians in the Middle East conflict. A strong U.S. majority (62 percent) sympathized more with Israelis than Palestinians,...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 26, 2016 | News
The U.S. must help “pull together the world” to end human trafficking (modern-day slavery), emphasized Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday. Corker, the committee chair, opened with remarks about...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 25, 2016 | News
The war in Syria, now in its sixth year, has resulted in “untold suffering,” a report from the U.N. Human Rights Council (OHCHR) emphasized. Towns have been destroyed and communities fractured by the ongoing conflict. Medical facilities, schools, public...
