The life of Andre Hill was commemorated Tuesday morning as family and lawmakers called for justice to be brought against the white Columbus police officer who fatally shot the 47-year-old days before Christmas.
As ‘Jericho Marchers’ descend on Washington, local faith leaders brace for attacks
A throng of religious supporters of President Donald Trump swathed in red, white and blue kicked off a “Jericho March” on Tuesday (Jan. 5), marching around the U.S. Capitol in imitation of the biblical account of Israelites besieging the city…
African spirituality offers Black believers ‘decolonized’ Christianity
It’s 11:11 on a recent Sunday morning and The Proverbial Experience is just getting underway. “Greetings my loves!” proclaims the Rev. Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs, the founder of this weekly spiritual gathering on Instagram. “Anybody got a hallelujah in your spirit?”
Warnock, pastor and politician, has role models who did both
Rev. Raphael Warnock has won one of Georgia’s two runoff elections for U.S. Senate: will he be both a pastor and a politician?
DC Methodists Urged to Light Candles as Election Protest Counter-Witness
As tens of thousands of pro-Trump supporters descend on the nation’s capital Tuesday (Jan. 5) and Wednesday (Jan. 6) to urge Congress to reject the results of the November presidential election, the local conference of United Methodists urges churches to…
Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight
For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument to the history of Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the legacy of an activist icon.
Faith leaders urge Congress to honor election result
More than 2,000 faith leaders and religious activists are calling on members of Congress to honor the result of November’s election and avoid “a delayed and drawn out objection” this week when President-elect Joe Biden’s win is set to be…
117th Congress, like the old, is overwhelmingly Christian, heavily Protestant
The 117th session of Congress got off to a testy start on Sunday (Jan. 3), including an opening prayer from an ordained member whose pairing of “A-woman” with the traditional “Amen” raised both hackles and questions about the meaning of…
Turnover Rate Rising for Christian College Presidents
Todd Voss spends most of his week making decisions about COVID-19 for Southern Wesleyan University, where he’s been president since 2011. When he’s not doing that, he’s responding to the hundreds of emails he receives every day and figuring out…
Next BNG free webinar will survey global religious issues and human rights
International religion expert Knox Thames will be the featured guest for Baptist News Global’s first free webinar of the new year on Monday, Jan. 25, at 6 p.m. Central Time. Registration for the 75-minute webinar is free. However, registration is…
Jericho March plans DC return in the new year to pray Pence will overturn election
A die-hard group of Trump supporters hopes 2021 will start with prayer, fasting and perhaps a miracle.
Student-led petition calls for Liberty University to close Falkirk Center, its political think tank
A new petition from a group calling itself Liberty United Against Falkirk is calling for Liberty University to shut down the Falkirk Center, a conservative political think tank at the evangelical Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia.