(RNS) — In a departure from resolutions dating to 2006, the SBC’s new statement does not mention a path to legal status for immigrants.
(RNS) — In a departure from resolutions dating to 2006, the SBC’s new statement does not mention a path to legal status for immigrants.
(RNS) — The reversal comes five years after the foster care and adoption agency first agreed to partner with LGBTQ couples.
(RNS) — The proposed ban on churches with women pastors or those that allow women to preach was approved by three-quarters of church messengers gathered in Orlando.
(RNS) — Rice’s win is a triumph for critics who argue that the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost its way in recent years.
SAN ANTONIO (RNS) — Thousands gathered for the Texas event as young women increasingly abandon religion.
(RNS) — After three decades, Phoenix Seminary is set to be acquired by the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, elevating Talbot as the second-largest interdenominational seminary.
(RNS) — Pastors and other faith leaders have led protests against ICE in places such as Minneapolis. But this group of evangelical pastors believes churches should support the Trump administration's immigration agenda.
(RNS) — Evangelicals have largely forgotten past generations of evangelicals who not only fought against the slave trade and inhumane working conditions but also against animal cruelty.
(RNS) — The Oklahoma City Thunder is the only NBA team to hold a public, ecumenical invocation before the singing of the national anthem — a longstanding tradition that continues to confound basketball fans who live outside the city.
(RNS) — The Christian humanitarian relief organization has deep expertise in treating Ebola.
(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr. resigned as president of Liberty University nearly six years ago. His wife and son still are feuding with one of the largest Christian colleges in the country.
(RNS) — One of the most popular worship songs, “How Great Is Our God,” has moved from churches to political rallies in recent years.
(RNS) — ‘It was uncomfortable at times, but nobody stormed out,’ said Shariq Ghani, executive director of the Houston multifaith group Bridges. ‘They listened, they shook hands, they hugged, they cried.’
(RNS) — What clergypersons say about such topics varies depending on their viewpoint and, sometimes, their religious affiliation, the Pew Research Center found.
Katelyn and Roxy talk to Malcom Foley about the insidious legacy of greed on countries, systems and individuals.
(RNS) — Twenty-two-year-old Bryce Crawford is becoming one of the internet’s most popular evangelical voices through his street preaching videos, podcast and national tour. But whether he is driving a real movement — and where this is all heading — remains to be seen.
(RNS) — Chambers gained national notoriety for promoting the idea that therapy could change someone’s sexual orientation. He later apologized and announced in 2013 that the ex-gay ministry, supported by religious right leaders like James Dobson, would disband.
(RNS) — Host Niala Boodhoo was joined at the American University in Washington, D.C., by RNS national reporter Jack Jenkins, religious liberty lawyer and Muslim identity scholar Asma T. Uddin, Mark D. Hall of Regent University and Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center.
(RNS) — Robison made headlines for his fiery preaching, his political activism — and for giving Pope Francis a high-five.
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Graham is set to hold the largest gathering of evangelicals ever in Belarus’ history, with thousands expected to attend what the organizers called the Festival of Hope at an indoor sports arena in Minsk, the capital.
(RNS) — Churches from Africa to Europe to Asia are registered to participate in Baptize the World, while the Museum of the Bible is set to host a hybrid broadcast event, airing footage of baptisms held that day across the globe.
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The speakers largely advanced the ideas that the U.S. has a religious — and particularly Christian — founding and that its future success depends on prayer.
(RNS) — But the ancestors of today’s Christian nationalists weren’t the leaders of Christian America — they were the heretics.
(RNS) — The National Association of Evangelicals, the Assemblies of God, CityServe International and Love Has No Limits are among the organizations encouraging community service on Saturday.
(RNS) — Again and again, the prayers on the site show a portrait of a nation in pain, and that America is a divinely chosen place that must protect itself from enemies.
(RNS) — But a new poll finds many Americans aren’t comfortable mixing religion and politics.
(RNS) — As the US embraces aggressive anti-immigrant policies, Clarkston, Georgia, is now a test of how to best protect the diverse community of refugees.
In some ways, the debate over Paine's legacy today is a proxy for a much larger debate over whose vision gets to govern.
(RNS) — Dealing with a sense of burnout and the weariness of modern life, author Tish Harrison Warren found help in the words of long-dead Christian mystics.
Meditation, detox cleanses, sound baths, plant-based medicine ... these things were not invented by Gwyneth Paltrow.