Was Paul disabled?*

A church where Mark Robinson still has defenders*
The New York Times: At a Black evangelical church in North Carolina, the candidate for governor still has support.
Religion News Service: Mark Robinson may no longer be the headliner. But NC evangelicals still back him.

Sent by God*
Slate: They’re gathering by the thousands. They’re growing fast. They believe that Democrats are possessed by demons — and that Donald Trump must be president again at any cost.

Church property conference offers congregations more than prayer to keep their buildings
Religion News Service: Congregations facing hard choices about what to do with underutilized, high-maintenance sacred structures heard from real estate experts at a recent conference on the future of church buildings.

Was Paul disabled?*
The Christian Century: In a new book, Isaac Soon employs a sociocultural model of disability as a lens for reading the apostle’s letters.

Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home
Associated Press: By changing venues every day, lowering their voices and gathering as early as 4 a.m. to avoid detection, they kept worshipping.