The shofars didn’t start until Saturday. With them came the would-be prophets seeking to take center stage at the Asbury University chapel where students had been praying and praising God since Wednesday morning; the would-be leaders who wanted to claim…
Poll: Support for abortion rights is strong, even among most religious groups
Nearly two-thirds of Americans support legal abortion and those views have not budged much in the months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to an abortion and sent control over the medical procedure to the states.
How big Christian nationalism has come courting in North Idaho
Earlier this month, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican, addressed the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, whose purview runs from this small resort city up along the Washington state border.
LDS Church And Investment Fund To Pay $5 Million To SEC For Failing To Disclose Equity Investments
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Ensign Peak Advisers Inc. and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints agreed to pay $5 million in penalties to settle charges against the investment fund operating inside the nonprofit entity of the…
Neo-Nazis rally outside Broadway preview of ‘Parade,’ about an antisemitic murder
Members of a neo-Nazi group rallied Tuesday night outside the Broadway theater that is hosting “Parade,” a play about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man in Georgia.
Turkish Christians Plead: Don’t Distribute Bibles After Earthquake
An unnamed Turkish man dug through the rubble. The stench from rotting corpses filled his nostrils; the cries from trapped survivors pierced his ears. Finally, he located a little girl he could help, removed the surrounding debris, and gently pulled…
Pope at Lent’s start: end ‘dictatorship’ of the superficial
Pope Francis ushered in the annual Christian Lenten period of sacrifice and reflection by encouraging people on Ash Wednesday to cast off what he called the “dictatorship” of heavy agendas and superficial needs.
A quick look at religious freedom bills proposed in Georgia, Texas and South Carolina
As state legislative sessions are in full swing across the country, several are considering bills on issues related to religious liberty. Here is a quick rundown of a few that caught my eye.
A Conversation With Two Asbury Students About What The 13-Day Revival Means For Gen Z’s Faith
Over the span of two weeks, Asbury University, a small evangelical college in Wilmore, Kentucky has been the center of a revival attracting thousands of believers from across the country for two straight weeks of 24-hour prayer and worship.
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod president calls for excommunicating white nationalists
The president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has called for the excommunication of unrepentant white supremacists in the church’s ranks, rebuking an extremist effort to exert influence within the conservative Lutheran denomination.
Pope intervenes again to restrict celebration of Latin Mass
Pope Francis has intervened for the third time to crack down on the celebration of the old Latin Mass, a sign of continued friction with Catholic traditionalists.
The Mundane History of White Christian Nationalism
Of all the songs I loved singing as a child at my church’s Vacation Bible School every summer, my favorite was one called, “I’m in the Lord’s Army.”








