Pastors and other church leaders have learned a host of lessons during the COVID-19 pandemic: how to stream video, preach to a crowd whose faces are masked and take drive-in confessions.
Died: Bill Glass, Football Star Who Changed Evangelical Approach to Sports and Prisons
Bill Glass, a football player turned evangelist who pioneered evangelical sports ministry and prison ministry, died on December 5 at age 86.
As Afghan evacuees overwhelm US aid agencies, Jewish groups step in as partners
The welcome team drove a U-Haul truck more than 100 miles to pick up donated tables, chairs, mattresses, bed frames and bookcases. Team members paid the first and last month’s rent plus the security deposit on a rental home. Then they stocked…
Fox News host says Christmas trees are about Jesus — and Hanukkah
Hanukkah is over, but Jews may have another chance: A Fox News host explained that the Christmas tree represents the Christmas spirit — and Hanukkah.
Barred from priesthood, some Catholic women find other roles
Women aspiring to leadership in the Catholic church have long come to terms with the glass ceiling that exists in the male-dominated institution, but Pope Francis’ spate of female appointments in the Vatican hierarchy suggests that change, however modest, is…
Diplomatic boycott of Olympics in China draws praise
Advocates for international religious freedom applauded the Biden Administration’s call for a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing due to China’s human rights record.
We’re prepared to go to prison, say Christians opposed to conversion therapy ban
Over 500 church leaders from across the UK have written to the government to say they are prepared to face criminal charges if a conversion therapy ban is introduced.
Progressive Democrats pressure Pelosi to discipline Boebert
A group of progressive Democrats on Wednesday ratcheted up pressure on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to punish firebrand conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, whose recent comments likening a Muslim member of Congress to a bomb-carrying terrorist they decried as a…
Ilhan Omar named ‘American Muslim Public Servant of 2021’ by CAIR
The Council on American-Islamic Relations recognized U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., as its “American Muslim Public Servant of 2021“ during the organization’s annual banquet on Saturday (Dec. 4). The virtual event was attended by a number of Muslim activists and…