The goodwill Israel earned when it sent a team of nearly 700 emergency medical responders to Turkey following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated Hatay province on Feb. 6 evaporated after the revelation that the search and rescue team secretly…
Transgender pastor claims bias, sues Lutheran denomination
The Rev. Megan Rohrer, who was elected as the first openly transgender bishop of one of the largest Christian denominations in the country in May 2021, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was forced out from his post after enduring several…
Lessons From The Old Jesus Revolution For The New Jesus Revolution
Without knowing it at the time, I was a product of the Jesus revolution of the late 1960s and early to mid-1970s. Coming to faith in Jesus in 1971 as an LSD-using, heroin-shooting, Jewish, hippie rock drummer, I had no…
American rabbis, wrestling with Israel’s behavior, weigh different approaches from the pulpit
Rabbi Sharon Brous began a sermon at her Los Angeles synagogue last month with a content warning. “I have to say some things today that I know will upset some of you,” she began.
Faith leaders urge Biden to sign executive order for reparations study by Juneteenth
More than 200 interfaith leaders have requested that President Joe Biden establish a commission to study reparations for African Americans by signing an executive order by the newly recognized federal holiday Juneteenth.
Editorial: ‘Education freedom’ contradicts religious freedom
“Education freedom” is a euphemism that cuts the legs out from under arguments opposing public-funded private education. After all, who’s going to argue against freedom?
Advocacy groups clash over Colorado coach Deion Sanders’ prayers
The University of Colorado’s legal department is reviewing a letter that’s part of a war of words between two advocacy groups clashing over the Christian prayers of football coach Deion Sanders.
Former Ridgecrest staff invited to June homecoming
All former staff members of Ridgecrest Conference Center are invited to an “alumni homecoming” June 1-4 at the North Carolina retreat. Ridgecrest is an 1,100-acre retreat center near Black Mountain, N.C., that holds precious memories for thousands of Southern Baptists…
For many congregations, wiping out medical debt has become a popular calling
When members of First Presbyterian Church decided to launch a capital campaign to expand and renovate their imposing Gothic Revival edifice, they also wanted to take on a service project to help the poor.