Two years ago on Election Day, Pastor Lee May, leader of Transforming Faith Church, a predominantly Black congregation in Stonecrest, Georgia, served as a poll chaplain, posted at a local voting site to promote calm at a time of intense…
A Texas candidate wants you to know he’s the ‘only Christian’ running. His opponent is Jewish.
Why does the Texas railroad commissioner want voters to know he’s the “only Christian on the ballot”? Well, for one thing, his name is Wayne Christian, and it’s a handy way for voters headed to the polls on Nov. 8…
Environmental Train Wreck: Houston’s Black Churches Fight Pollutants
Long before two cancer clusters were discovered in their Houston neighborhood, residents and fledgling activists met in churches and community centers across the Greater Fifth Ward, slowly building what would become a groundswell of environmental justice work in one of…
Judge dismisses SPU lawsuit aimed at halting probe into university’s hiring practices
A federal judge on Wednesday (Oct. 26) dismissed Seattle Pacific University’s lawsuit that sought to stop Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s investigation into the school’s hiring practices.
Americans who aren’t sure about God are a fast-growing force in politics – and they’re typically even more politically active than white evangelicals
It’s hard to remember now, given the attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, but the day after votes were cast, one theme stood out: voter turnout.
Biden Condemns Rising Antisemitism 4 Years After Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
President Joe Biden condemned the rise of antisemitism on Thursday while commemorating the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, which killed 11 worshippers and injured six.
Presbyterian Church (USA) Will Gather Nonbinary/Genderqueer Membership Statistics
The mainline Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) announced this week it will change the way it reports statistical information about the denomination’s membership to now include a category for nonbinary/genderqueer adherents.
Wisconsin candidate says ‘leftists’ can’t be Christians
A Republican candidate for Congress in western Wisconsin said during a campaign stop last week that “leftists” cannot be Christians.
Deconstruction or reconstruction? Pastors discuss a reboot of evangelicalism.
A conference about the future of the nation’s largest religious tradition began with a bit of honesty. “Nobody knows exactly what an evangelical is,” said Joel Lawrence, executive director of the Center for Pastor Theologians, at the opening of the Reconstructing Evangelicalism…
Herschel Walker and Davidic Kingship
Georgia GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker has dominated the news cycle recently with a variety of scandals. These have ranged from Walker’s chicken business benefitting from unpaid labor to lying about treating veterans and graduating college to using fake police badges as a fundraising tool after he was…
How the threat of ‘taxpayer-funded abortion’ is being used to mobilize conservative religious voters
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the wave of state-level abortion bans that followed, it might appear that anti-abortion activists could declare victory and go home.
Catholic Voters In Battleground States Favor GOP In Upcoming Midterms, Poll Finds
A majority of Catholic voters in six key battleground states say they plan to vote for Republican candidates in the upcoming midterm elections, a new poll released Tuesday revealed.