After ACLU lawsuit, Bethany Christian Services shifts foster care placement policy to comply with Michigan’s new requirements.
The IRS officially recognizes the Satanic Temple as a church
Although the Satanic Temple had previously rejected pursuing tax-exempt status, church president Lucien Greaves reversed this stance in 2017 after President Trump signed a “religious freedom” executive order.
How Sri Lanka’s Christians became a target
The island nation’s religious minority was rarely threatened. The Easter bombings changed that.
Evangelicals are now the key constituency in the Republican Party. They are reaping the benefits.
How did evangelicals come to find themselves in this advantageous position under President Trump?
Mick Mulvaney: Faith is driving many Trump administration policies
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney declared at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday that faith drives the Trump administration’s policy proposals, arguing that “the principles of our faith (are) being manifest” under the president’s watch.
God, guns, and country: The evangelical fight over firearms
“Holy troublemaker” Shane Claiborne believes that conservative culture often conflates Christianity and nationalism, placing, as he puts it, “the American flag above the cross.”
Fellow Christian writers start Twitter prayer chain as Rachel Held Evans is hospitalized
The best-selling Christian author is in intensive care after suffering seizures, her husband wrote April 19 on social media.
Official: Sri Lanka failed to heed warnings of attacks
Sri Lankan officials failed to heed warnings from intelligence agencies about the threat of an attack by a domestic radical Muslim group that officials blame for Easter Sunday bombings which killed more than 200 people, the country’s health minister said…
United Methodists edge toward breakup over LGBT policies
There’s at least one area of agreement among conservative, centrist and liberal leaders in the United Methodist Church: America’s largest mainline Protestant denomination is on a path toward likely breakup over differences on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT pastors.