The Oglala Sioux Tribe is requiring churches and missionaries to register with the tribe before entering the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota after an evangelist was banned from entering the reservation for distributing a pamphlet that disparaged traditional…
White Southern Evangelicals Are Leaving the Church
What happens to American politics and culture when white Southerners in the Bible Belt quit attending church? What religious views do they adopt? How do they vote? And will the mass exodus from church that already seems to be occurring…
Kansas voters resoundingly protect their access to abortion
Kansas voters on Tuesday sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights, rejecting a ballot measure in a conservative state with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions…
Sikh Americans honor 10th anniversary of Oak Creek shooting
Just weeks after his mother was one of seven killed by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, Harpreet Singh Saini testified before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee in 2012 to lobby the federal government to…
Congress is considering making same-sex marriage federal law – a political scientist explains how this issue became less polarized over time
While public opinion and different state laws on abortion rights are sharply dividing the country, there’s growing indication that most people agree on another once-controversial topic – protecting same-sex marriage.
When does conflict become spiritual abuse? Churches large and small face that question.
Concerns about spiritual abuse have become common in recent years — at churches large and small — following the fall of megachurch pastors like Mark Driscoll, of the now-disbanded Mars Hill Church in Seattle, and Bill Hybels, founder of Willow…
Pope to Kazakhstan Sept. 13-15, may meet Russia patriarch
Concerns about spiritual abuse have become common in recent years — at churches large and small — following the fall of megachurch pastors like Mark Driscoll, of the now-disbanded Mars Hill Church in Seattle, and Bill Hybels, founder of Willow…
When ‘Pro-Life’ Isn’t Enough: Abortion ‘Abolitionists’ Speak Up
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has brought new attention to a small but growing group of pro-life Christians who identify as “abortion abolitionists.”
Conflict at diverse Austin church leads to claims of spiritual abuse
When Cristal Porter and her family first visited Hope Community Church in Austin, they felt a sense of relief.