Religious organizations, leaders and individuals have been quick to react to President Trump’s expected executive orders on building a wall along the Southern border, on negating sanctuary cities and on banning refugees from Syria and other Muslim countries.
Pray for the president — and act
Christians also must be vigilant to demand truth—from government, from media, from one another. Truth and facts should not be political tools. They should be fixed points of reality, upon which we base our decisions and expect lawmakers and other…
Longtime leader of clergy victims group leaves as SNAP faces lawsuit
A fixture in the organization working for children sexually abused by Catholic priests has resigned his post, an announcement that coincides with a lawsuit from a former employee alleging the group colluded with lawyers to refer clients and profit from…
Donald Trump’s immigration policies could threaten religious liberty
Religious liberty is not just about matters of conscience or how one worships. It also involves whether one has freedom to obey one’s religion’s commands, especially when it comes to serving and caring for those in great need.
Trump is creating a new form of Christian nationalism centered on himself
Donald Trump, flanked by his menagerie of loyal faith leaders, is already preaching a nationalist gospel from the largest of pulpits. And while the exact parameters of this developing theology remain to be seen, it’s clear a revival of American…
Faith and the Trump White House
In addition to protecting fundamental human rights, the First Amendment and related principles have helped us to become a nation with remarkable religious vitality and diversity.
U.S. top court rebuffs ‘Sister Wives’ challenge to Utah anti-bigamy law
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Utah’s anti-bigamy law brought by the polygamist stars of the popular reality television show “Sister Wives.”
‘God is not against building walls!’ The sermon Trump heard from Robert Jeffress before his inauguration.
Donald Trump heard a sermon last Friday morning from a Southern Baptist pastor who has history of inflammatory remarks about Muslims, Mormons, Catholics and gays.
At the women’s march, the religious left resists Trump
Politics drew hundreds of thousands to the Women’s March on Washington Jan. 21. But many said they were also compelled by their faith. | BNG is developing a story on the Women’s March, to be released today.
As a black woman, I’ll march this weekend. But I won’t go to the back of the line.
As an African American woman, I find the 2016 campaign — and now the 2017 inauguration — doubly painful.
Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress to preach at pre-inauguration service for Trump
The outspoken and often-controversial pastor of First Baptist Dallas, Robert Jeffress, will preach at a private service before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday. BNG story about this event: Controversial Southern Baptist preaches Inauguration Day sermon PREVIOUS STORY: Evangelicals lay hands on…
Religious liberty under a Trump administration
What does the election of Donald J. Trump mean for religious liberty? As with many important issues, President-elect Trump has no significant record or concrete positions on the topic.