In a gray sharkskin suit and aviator sunglasses, Pastor Christopher Benek stands on a patch of astroturf at the edge of the First Miami Presbyterian church parking lot. “Here’s the thing,” he says. “Right now this is a parking lot.”
Parsing Pacifism: Ukraine’s Mennonite Heritage Shapes Evangelical Responses to Russia
Ukrainian Baptists were once practical pacifists.
‘How Pentecostal Christianity is taking over the world’: an interview with author Elle Hardy
Australian-born journalist Elle Hardy’s exposé of global Pentecostalism, released in November by an independent UK publisher, didn’t receive a tremendous amount of attention in the United States—one of the nations where the movement itself has flourished.
Analysis: Texas’ new standard is abortions for those who can afford to leave Texas
Texas hasn’t outlawed abortion for everyone — just for those who can’t afford to travel to other states and countries where the decision about whether to have a child is left to the person who’s pregnant.
Climate Report Notes Emissions Rise, Highlights Key Contributors
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its Sixth Assessment Report on April 4, detailing the status of climate change mitigation progress globally.
Josh Mandel runs Ohio GOP Senate campaign ‘through churches’
Before digging into his six-egg omelet at a bustling northeast Ohio diner, Republican Senate candidate Josh Mandel stopped to bow his head.
IRS Backlog Affects Ministries And Churches, Leaving Donors Uninformed
Almost 11 weeks into tax season, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service continues to experience delays in processing last year’s tax returns. Millions of tax returns and filings are still backlogged, including those in the Form 990 series, an annual reporting…
Meet the Jewish woman behind NYC’s groundbreaking gender pay equity bill
In her first week of her first job working for the city’s budget office, Helen Rosenthal sat down with a male colleague and the topic of their salaries came up. The two had the same position, the same qualifications, the…
Churches Still Depend on Clergy Housing Allowance
With the federal tax filing deadline looming, a Virginia court case may have some ministers wondering whether their ministerial housing allowance is secure.