Members of a church in Longs, SC used a boat to attend Sunday service after flooding caused by Hurricane Florence washed out main roads to get to Living Water Baptist Church, which was spared from rising water.

Source: Congregation gets to SC church by boat after hurricane flood | The State

While working with a Mennonite Disaster Relief team in Texas following Hurricane Harvey last summer, project director Doug Reesor was approached by a group of volunteers.

Source: Community Mennonite Church to host fundraiser to aid Islamic Community Center of Lancaster | Faith + Values | lancasteronline.com

The opioid addiction crisis in the United States is too big to allow Congress to let politics derail passage of a bill to fight opioid abuse, according to Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida.

Source: Bishop urges Congress to finish work on opioid legislation

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Source: Crux

The Peace and Integration Council of North America hosts demystifying Islam events "to put the record straight" about the religion. Displays on the Quran and the contributions of Muslims strive to show Islam as a religion of peace.

Source: S.C. interfaith group turns ignorance, hate into opportunities for connection - CSMonitor.com

While the Whole Foods Market is open seven days a week, the “Holy Foods Market,” run by the Holy Name of Jesus Parish, located on K Street NE, is open twice a month.

Source: ‘Holy Foods Market’ brings...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — Transhumanism is 'a conversation that calls us, that challenges us to develop a deeper theology of technology,' according to Micah Redding, director of the Christian Transhumanist Association.

Source: Should we live to be 500? Christians and secularists come together over transhumanism - Religion News Service

(RNS) — The Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco is a chance to raise the profile of the small and large ways California’s faith communities are fighting for the environment.

Source: 'Connecting the dots' between faith and climate change - Religion News Service

Church President Russell M. Nelson said he wants people to stop using "Mormon," or "LDS" as substitutes for the full name of the religion: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church has previously requested use of the full name, but it accepted the use of Mormon and LDS.

(RNS) — The five candidates all are in the early stages of the journey to sainthood.

Source: New coalition seeks sainthood for five African-Americans - Religion News Service

The Harrisburg diocese published the names Wednesday of 71 priests and seminarians accused of abusing children.

Source: Pennsylvania diocese will remove every bishop’s name since 1947 from buildings because they failed to root out child sexual abuse - The Washington Post

30 delegates from 11 dioceses attended the first Instituto Pastoral Migratoria July 11-15 in Chicago.

Source: Chicago Archdiocese hosts training in immigrant-to-immigrant peer ministry

Message of inclusion brings the faithful to The Gathering, which is moving into a new St. Louis church next month.

Source: At this fast-growing church, everyone is welcome. No asterisks. | Faith & Values | stltoday.com

With President Trump set to name the next justice to the high court soon, it's worth noting it was once dominated by Protestant Christians. Now, it is now more Jewish, Catholic and conservative.

Source: Religion, The Supreme Court And Why It Matters : NPR

As African American churches sell their buildings and move, the ripple effect is being felt in both the neighborhoods where they relocate and those they vacate.

Source: As Philly neighborhoods gentrify, black churches lose their base and leave