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I’m an evangelical against Trump … and genocide
By Shane Claiborne — August 20, 2024
(RNS) — Like many Christians, I find myself conflicted this election season.
Six young evangelicals on the 2024 election
By Kathryn Post — August 19, 2024
(RNS) — Religion News Service spoke to self-identified evangelicals in their 20s and early 30s about how their faith is informing their potential pick for president.
Christians, evangelicals rally for Kamala Harris ahead of DNC
By Jack Jenkins — August 16, 2024
(RNS) — 'Voting Kamala … (is) a vote against another four years of faith leaders justifying the actions of a man who destroys the message Jesus came to spread,' said Jerushah Duford, granddaughter of the Rev. Billy Graham.
How a movement to resist Christian nationalism took on Project 2025
By Ruth Braunstein — August 16, 2024
(RNS) — Project 2025 was the perfect test of this emerging movement’s capacity to see it, name it and fight it. And they did.
Why Catholic bishops rocked out to megachurch worship hits
By Bob Smietana — August 15, 2024
(RNS) — The rise in popularity of music from churches like Elevation, Hillsong and Bethel has helped launch a new kind of ecumenical movement.
Faith groups are mobilizing thousands to march outside the DNC
By Yonat Shimron — August 15, 2024
(RNS) — The Coalition to March on the DNC has united its various constituencies, including faith groups, to demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel and standing up for Palestinians.
Black Baptist organization gets $1 million megachurch donation to aid African girls
By Adelle M. Banks — August 15, 2024
(RNS) — The money will be used to support the Ghana Baptist Convention to rescue young girls whose families have sold them into the long-established system of Trokosi.
Why I’m a Christian for Kamala but not a ‘Christian for Kamala’
By Tyler Huckabee — August 14, 2024
(RNS) — Now is not the time to pledge blind allegiance. Now is the time to start making some demands.
Latino evangelicals push for immigration reform ahead of election
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — August 12, 2024
(RNS) — With rising political power, Latino voters will make their voices heard on immigration, but Latinos, including evangelicals, are far from a unified bloc.
In North Carolina, nearly 1,200 Southern Baptist churches participate in week of service
By Yonat Shimron — August 9, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Summers are often a time when congregations send out people to far off missions work. The state’s Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home.
In scandal’s wake, ACNA adopts new rules on reporting misconduct
By Kathryn Post — August 9, 2024
(RNS) — Amendments to the denomination’s bylaws on preventing and reporting misconduct lay the groundwork for larger revisions, ACNA officials said.
Appeals court rules against Dave Ramsey’s company in COVID-era religious discrimination case
By Bob Smietana — August 9, 2024
(RNS) — Brad Amos, a former video editor at Ramsey Solutions, claimed he was fired for failing to follow Ramsey's faith-based beliefs on how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The world does not lack for war. It lacks peace.
By Bridget Moix — August 9, 2024
(RNS) — Congress must stop doubling down on militarism and get serious about investing in tools that can effectively reduce violence, prevent war and promote sustainable peace.
Progressive National Baptist Convention leaders hail Harris, pan Trump, urge voting
By Adelle M. Banks — August 8, 2024
(RNS) — Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, voiced criticism of Trump during a session of the PNBC meeting.
Arab evangelical Christians invite Zionist evangelicals to restore ‘one body in Christ’
By Daoud Kuttab — August 8, 2024
(RNS) — The plea finds a ‘discernible missional gap’ between the Western church and the churches of the Middle East.
