Christianity
Trump’s abortion pivot hasn’t shaken evangelical Christian leaders’ support
By Jack Jenkins — September 6, 2024
(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.
Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham
By Yonat Shimron — September 6, 2024
National Baptists choose Connecticut pastor Boise Kimber as next president
By Adelle M. Banks — September 6, 2024
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At Vatican, physicists and theologians join forces to answer life’s big questions
By Claire Giangravé — September 6, 2024
(RNS) — At a conference at the Vatican, physicists and theologians made the case for cooperation between faith and science.
Black church brought religion to politics in the ‘60s, but different to white Christian nationalism today
By Tobin Miller Shearer — September 6, 2024
(The Conversation) — In 1966, the assertion of Black power was grounded in an appeal to the founding principles of the United States. Black church leaders called for healing internal divisions through engagement.
The pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’
By Edna Tarigan and Nicole Winfield — September 6, 2024
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis compared Indonesia's human diversity to the archipelago’s 17,000 islands. He said each one contributes something specific to form “a magnificent mosaic, in which each tile is an irreplaceable element in creating a great original and precious work.”
National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends
By Adelle M. Banks — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — Jackson described how faith, especially instilled by her now late grandmother, had undergirded her personal and professional life.
Can the Catholic Church save US health care?
By Charles C. Camosy — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — Catholics are wonderfully suited to be the agent of change.
Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest
By Tonny Onyulo — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — After a crackdown on unapproved churches, Christian leaders say the government's move encroaches on religious freedom and applies regulations unequally.
It’s time for Christians on all sides to talk — even debate — about what divides us
By Jim Wallis — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — We need a conversation about how our faith will factor in this election.
In Indonesia, Pope Francis broadcasts his message of fraternity to Asia
By Claire Giangravé — September 5, 2024
(RNS) — Pope Francis cemented his legacy of promoting interreligious dialogue by building a bridge with the Muslim community in Indonesia.
As Russell M. Nelson turns 100, a look back at one of the words that will define his legacy – and the controversial term’s 200-year history
By Konden Smith Hansen — September 5, 2024
(The Conversation) — Latter-day Saints’ attitudes toward the word ‘Mormon,’ often used to describe the church, have had highs and lows − like other Americans’ often-tense relationship with the faith.
The Meeting House, once one of Canada’s largest churches, shuts down after scandal
By Bob Smietana — September 4, 2024
(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.
Want to write a hit worship song? Invite a few friends to church.
By Bob Smietana — September 4, 2024
(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.
At Quaker World Plenary, Americans are seen as key to building peace
By Bridget Moix — September 4, 2024
(RNS) — An informal survey showed how U.S. policy impacts communities around the globe.
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