El Salvador will accept the asylum request of a Cuban Baptist leader who was denied entry into Nicaragua.
John Lewis missed at Alabama civil rights pilgrimage
Nearly 20 members of Congress began an annual pilgrimage through Alabama’s civil rights sites Friday without the person who inspired so many to attend in past years: the late Rep. John Lewis.
Why Muslim women choose to wear headscarves while participating in sports
The French Senate recently voted in favor of a bill to ban headscarves in sports competitions. The advocates of the legislation claim that headscarves, or hijab, symbolize Islamic radicalism, patriarchy and lack of women’s empowerment.
Discovery+ Documentary Meant To Harm Hillsong Church, Interim Pastor Says
An upcoming Discovery+ documentary series on embattled Hillsong Church was produced to purposely hurt the church, interim head pastor Phil Dooley said in a Feb. 19 message livestreamed on YouTube.
Odesa seminary redirects its focus as tensions increase
Shelling near the campus of Odesa Theological Seminary forced administrators to redirect the school’s ministry—using contacts with alumni and students to connect resources to the churches and individuals in need.
Talk about race: Mississippi House passes bill to set limits
The same Mississippi Legislature that proclaimed racial reconciliation after removing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag nearly two years ago passed a bill Thursday to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms.
Ukrainian American Churches Deploy Praise as a Weapon
On Sunday, Ukrainian evangelicals in New York City gathered in their churches and wept, vented, and sang, feeling the existential threat to their loved ones and their homeland alongside people around the world.
Methodists, Mormons back latest Scouting bankruptcy plan to fund survivor claims
Two faith groups that have long supported the Boy Scouts of America have committed to take key roles in the scouting organization’s latest bankruptcy reorganization, the fallout from tens of thousands of claims of sexual abuse in its ranks.
A twisted love story: how American evangelicals helped make Putin’s Russia and how Russia became the darling of the American right
If someone from 1965 were to arrive in a time machine, there’s likely much about our current state of affairs that would shock them. But I cannot imagine anything that would be more confusing than the love affair between the…
Dylann Roof takes church shooting appeal to US Supreme Court
Attorneys for convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide how to handle disagreements over mental illness-related evidence between capital defendants and their attorneys, an issue that has played a role throughout his case over the…
SCOTUS Won’t Weigh Whether Christian College Profs Are Ministers—For Now
At some point, the US Supreme Court will have to consider whether Christian college professors are legally ministers, and who decides that, and how, Justice Samuel Alito said in a statement on Monday.
Idaho kills bill allowing public money for private education
A House panel on Tuesday rejected legislation that opponents said would have harmed education by transferring more than $1 billion dollars of public money to private and religious schools.