The Shincheonji Church of Jesus’ initial handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in South Korea endangered lives, Mayor Park Won-soon claimed.
Faith groups gear up disaster relief after deadly tornadoes in Tennessee
Faith-based disaster groups are gearing up to provide assistance after overnight tornadoes killed at least 21 people across four counties in Tennessee.
Sociologist Andrew Whitehead: How Christian nationalism drives American politics
Author of “Taking America Back for God” on why Christian nationalism isn’t really about religion, or Donald Trump.
A church returns land to American Indians
“This is decolonized land,” a young woman said. “This is a liberated zone.”
Coronavirus could cause missionary relocations, IMB chief says
The Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board is monitoring the spread of the coronavirus and has offered personnel options for redeployment, IMB President Paul Chitwood told a gathering in Fort Worth.
Even among white evangelicals, women are less likely to favor Trump
What men may characterize as strong leadership, women see as bullying and abusive language, experts say.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Jesus would be maligned as ‘radical’ by today’s Congress
The New York lawmaker invoked her Christian faith in a passionate defense of the dignity and rights of LGBTQ Americans.
Bernie Sanders makes his pitch at prominent NC black church ahead of Super Tuesday
The front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination spoke Wednesday (Feb. 26) with the Rev. William J. Barber II at his Greenleaf Christian Church. The talk comes ahead of Super Tuesday, when a significant segment of black voters will cast their…
What an open door to asylum seekers looks like
A Laredo pastor and his family are hard at work helping others, on both sides of the border.
How churches are addressing voter suppression
What once was a simpler effort to collectively vote as a congregation on a day of early voting, might have to become a more intensive multiprong initiative to educate voters about the intricacies of executing on their fundamental right to…
Chinese American churches on the frontlines of coronavirus vigilance
There has been no sustained community transmission of the coronavirus in the United States so far, and many Chinese churches such as Raleigh Chinese Christian Church (RCCC) are doing their best to keep it that way.
The religious mourning of ‘Saint’ Kobe Bryant continues
With no shared single religious identity in the United States, sporting tragedies and the responses transcend religious divisions and illustrate sports’ power to unite.