A media and culture nonprofit that uses story to help immigrants has launched a multifaceted campaign to support children separated from their parents by Donald Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy.
Harvey survivors watch, pray and remember as Florence bears down on Carolinas
Matt Cook is staying in North Carolina while his family evacuates to Florida to get out of the path of Hurricane Florence. But Cook, the pastor at First Baptist Church in Wilmington, knows he isn’t alone.
BNG seeks contact with those in the path of Hurricane Florence
Baptist News Global is preparing coverage of Hurricane Florence that is informative to our readers and helpful to churches, ministries and other faith communities likely to be impacted by the coming storm. We are asking our friends in the projected…
Some pray prosperity gospel will get them rich and healthy
President Trump’s high-profile embrace of prosperity gospel proponents like televangelist Paula White is shining new light on the theology of plenty that’s taken root in Pentecostal, evangelical and other Christian traditions. In the past few weeks, publications ranging from Patheos…
Religion Notes: Golden Gate Bridge jumper now seeks to prevent suicide
Kevin Hines, who survived a leap from the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000, will speak on “The Art of Wellness” at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at Garner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Hines is among a small group of…
New American religious ‘types’ revealed in survey, quiz
Religion in the U.S. is morphing so fast that observers often are at a loss for words to describe it. Terms like “nones” and “dones,” unheard of just a few years ago, are now commonly used by universities, seminaries and…
Religion Notes: Jacksonville interfaith group promotes dialogue as response to mass shootings
An interfaith group in Jacksonville, Florida is promoting unity as an antidote to violence following a weekend of deadly shootings in the city. BWA aiding earthquake victims. Researchers study faith-based giving.
Physical recovery progressing a year after Harvey. Emotionally, not so much
On the outside, many of the Texas communities ravaged by Hurricane Harvey last year appear to making a comeback. But on the inside, some survivors say, the emotional rebuilding is only just beginning.
Sunday morning becoming the most politically ‘segregated’ hour in America
Sunday morning is becoming an increasingly divided time in America. “If Sunday morning was the most segregated morning in American life, it may also be one of the most politicized hours in American life, implicitly or explicitly,” said Bill Leonard,…