Evangelical
Trump’s ‘beautiful Christians’ are not the only ones whose values matter
By Ministers of Middle Church — July 31, 2024
(RNS) — The former president’s suggestion that he alone can fix our problems should raise alarms for any believer.
Interfaith protest confronts Christians United for Israel summit
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain and Jack Jenkins — July 30, 2024
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (RNS) — For nearly three days in and around Washington, D.C., an interfaith coalition challenged the pro-Israel messaging of pastor John Hagee and CUFI.
Rev. Barber’s new book demystifies poverty: ‘Black people are not the problem’
By Yonat Shimron — July 29, 2024
(RNS) — The civil rights champion believes he cannot be a moral leader and stand up only for Black people. Far more white people are poor and struggling, too.
Church of the Nazarene expels LGBTQ-affirming theologian
By Yonat Shimron — July 28, 2024
(RNS) — The church court stripped the Rev. Thomas Jay Oord, of Nampa, Idaho, of his preaching credentials and expelled him from membership in the 2.5 million-member global denomination.
What is the ERLC and why do Southern Baptists keep getting mad at its leader?
By Bob Smietana — July 26, 2024
(RNS) — Turmoil at the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has increased calls to disband the denomination's public policy arm, but some SBC pastors say it can and should be saved.
‘A Well-Trained Wife’ unpacks life in Christian patriarchy
By Kathryn Post — July 24, 2024
(RNS) — According to author Tia Levings, the lessons of Christian patriarchy are inherently political.
Road to Majority conference showed how Trump plans to keep the Christian right close
By Katherine Stewart — July 23, 2024
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As the GOP pivots to an unpredictable general election season, the party is doubling down on its commitment to religious nationalism.
ERLC reverses course, now says Brent Leatherwood was not fired
By Bob Smietana — July 23, 2024
(RNS) — The kerfuffle over Leatherwood’s status, which played out in competing press releases from ERLC leaders, is the latest controversy for the SBC’s public policy arm.
Brent Leatherwood, ERLC president, fired a day after praising Biden
By Bob Smietana — July 22, 2024
(RNS) — Leatherwood had been criticized for other recent positions on topics of key interest to Southern Baptists, such as not supporting legislation that would have jailed women who chose abortions.
A fire severely damages the historic First Baptist Dallas church sanctuary
By Associated Press — July 20, 2024
(RNS) — The evangelical megachurch, whose senior pastor, Robert Jeffress, is a close supporter of Donald Trump, now holds its main services in a modern worship center next door to the historic sanctuary.
New show ‘The Promised Land’ tells Moses’ story in the style of ‘The Office’
By Kathryn Post — July 18, 2024
(RNS) — RNS spoke with writer and director Mitch Hudson, who is also a crew member on 'The Chosen,' about what's next for the new series.
Conservatives balk at Sikh prayer, but diverse religious voices are a convention tradition
By Jack Jenkins — July 17, 2024
Monday wasn’t even the first time Harmeet Kaur Dhillon has offered a Sikh prayer at an RNC gathering, nor was she the first to do so.
At RNC, an uneven, awkward embrace of religious pluralism
By Jack Jenkins — July 16, 2024
(RNS) — As a Republican official led a Sikh prayer, images of Christian crosses flashed behind her.
In ‘Disciples in the Moonlight,’ US Christians are persecuted and the Bible is banned
By Kathryn Post — July 16, 2024
(RNS) — Mike Pence praised the Christian action film as a 'cautionary tale' that should 'inspire people of faith to do even more to protect religious freedom in America.'
Hawley’s Christian nationalism is the old-time civil religion, weaponized
By Mark Silk — July 16, 2024
(RNS) — The way it was during the Cold War.
