A Texas court on Wednesday tossed out the state’s appeal of an order preventing child welfare officials from investigating the parents of a transgender teenager over gender-confirming care the youth received.
How the Ukraine war is dividing Orthodox Christians
There is a famous tale within Russian Orthodox Christianity that goes like this:
Texas faith groups mobilize against governor’s order to probe child trans treatments
When Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas directed his state’s Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate medical treatments for transgender adolescents as child abuse last month, the Rev. Daniel Kanter, senior minister of First Unitarian Church of Dallas, called the news…
Unlikely allies call fellow clergy to build bridges
Pastors, rabbis and imams gathered at an “Unlikely” forum at a North Texas Baptist church to talk about how to live as good neighbors while holding to deeply held religious differences.
How Silicon Valley’s ‘Techtopia’ turned work into religion
Americans have been abandoning religion for a long time. But much like the scientific principle that matter, though it changes forms, never disappears, so too, the religious impulse never quite goes away.
Kamala Harris says ‘thank you’ to Selma on the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
Under blue skies and in sweltering heat, a crowd of hundreds marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Sunday afternoon to honor the men and women who walked that same path 57 years earlier.
Jehovah’s Witnesses flee Russia for worship without fear
Over the past five years, hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been subjected to raids, arrests and prosecution in Russia. Many others have fled – including one couple, Dmitrii and Nellia Antsybor, who flew to Mexico last year, walked across the…
Among Russian Orthodox, glimmers of dissent against the invasion of Ukraine
More than 275 Russian Orthodox priests and deacons from around the world have signed an open letter expressing their opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, challenging the Russian government and breaking with the tacit support of the military action by…
Ministries Evacuate as Russians Reach Irpin, the Evangelical Hub of Ukraine
Anatoly, a 26-year-old member of Irpin Bible Church (IBC), is with the Lord.
High court reverses decision allowing Muslims’ FBI bias suit
The Supreme Court sided unanimously with the Biden administration Friday and reversed a lower court decision that had allowed a lawsuit to go forward by Muslim men claiming FBI religious bias. But the justices’ limited decision did not end the…
Former Vice President Mike Pence: no room in Republican Party for ‘Putin apologists’
Former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to tell Republicans that “there is no room in this party for apologists for Putin” during an upcoming event with the party’s top donors.
Andrew Young, at 90, views his civic, political roles ‘as a pastorate’
Andrew Young, a former civil rights leader, Georgia congressman and United Nations ambassador, doesn’t use “the Rev.” before his name much.






