Protestant Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/christianity/protestant/ Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:57:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Protestant Archives - Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/category/faith/christianity/protestant/ 32 32 Trump’s abortion pivot hasn’t shaken evangelical Christian leaders’ support https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 21:18:28 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165198 (RNS) — 'I don’t just consider a candidate’s words, I look at their actions and what they have done,' said the Rev. Franklin Graham.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/trumps-abortion-rhetoric-rattles-some-religious-supporters-but-no-exodus-just-yet/feed/ 0 Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 19:58:45 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165275 (RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/center-honoring-trailblazing-lawyer-civil-rights-activists-and-priest-opens-in-durham/feed/ 0 National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 18:18:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165165 (RNS) — Disqualified challengers hoped sufficient ‘no’ votes would cause the election process to restart.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/06/national-baptists-choose-connecticut-pastor-boise-kimber-as-next-president/feed/ 0 National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:52:53 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165108 (RNS) — Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/national-baptists-hear-their-outgoing-president-and-ketanji-brown-jackson-as-meeting-ends/feed/ 0 Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:45:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164834 (RNS) — After a crackdown on unapproved churches, Christian leaders say the government's move encroaches on religious freedom and applies regulations unequally.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/members-of-shuttered-rwandan-churches-gather-in-homes-as-leaders-quietly-protest/feed/ 0 It’s time for Christians on all sides to talk — even debate — about what divides us https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:44:21 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4165067 (RNS) — We need a conversation about how our faith will factor in this election.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/05/its-time-for-christians-on-all-sides-to-talk-even-debate-about-what-divides-us/feed/ 0 The Meeting House, once one of Canada’s largest churches, shuts down after scandal https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/the-meeting-house-once-one-of-canadas-largest-churches-shuts-down-after-scandal/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/the-meeting-house-once-one-of-canadas-largest-churches-shuts-down-after-scandal/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:42:27 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164847 (RNS) — Nine of the megachurch's satellite sites have relaunched as a network of churches with shared preaching and support services — while The Meeting House will continue to collect donations to support those congregations. The rebranding came after The Meeting House lost its liability insurance due to an abuse scandal involving former pastor Bruxy Cavey.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/the-meeting-house-once-one-of-canadas-largest-churches-shuts-down-after-scandal/feed/ 0 Want to write a hit worship song? Invite a few friends to church. https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/want-to-write-a-hit-worship-song-invite-a-few-friends-over/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/want-to-write-a-hit-worship-song-invite-a-few-friends-over/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:26:47 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164769 (RNS) — When the CCLI Top 100 chart first appeared in 1988, most of the songs had one writer. Today, the average hit worship song has at least two writers — who often have ties to the so-called Big Four megachurches that dominated modern worship songs.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/want-to-write-a-hit-worship-song-invite-a-few-friends-over/feed/ 0 At Quaker World Plenary, Americans are seen as key to building peace https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:25:12 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164830 (RNS) — An informal survey showed how U.S. policy impacts communities around the globe.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/feed/ 0 National Baptists hold annual meeting as leadership questions continue https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/national-baptists-hold-annual-meeting-as-leadership-questions-continue/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/03/national-baptists-hold-annual-meeting-as-leadership-questions-continue/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:41:29 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164639 BALTIMORE (RNS) — The Rev. Jerry Young, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Jackson, Mississippi, has been president for two five-year terms and cannot run for a consecutive third term.

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