My son texted from Connecticut this morning to ask, “What’s all this hoopla with Highland Park UMC?” Having grown up in North Dallas and being a musician who has played in churches all over town, he has some sense of…
Voting is a ‘means by which we exercise our faith’
Voting is the “means by which we exercise our faith, how we change it with our hands,” a Muslim cleric told a Dallas interfaith group Oct. 23. Muhammad Abdullah, an imam at Masjid Al-Islam in South Dallas, was one of…
Dallas megachurch overwhelmingly votes to leave UMC
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. Ninety percent of the voting members of Highland Park Methodist Church voted to leave The United Methodist Church, following a recommendation of the Church Council….
Catholic bishops take heat for praying over Trump
At least two Catholic bishops have apologized for appearing to endorse President Donald Trump during an Oval Office meeting they claim was manipulated by the White House. A dozen Catholic bishops visited the White House Thursday, Oct. 22, and were…
Franklin Graham extols Republican values
Franklin Graham turned to social media not once but twice recently to urge Christians to vote Republican in in the midterm elections. The president of Samaritan’s Purse and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association posted on Facebook and X twice with variations…
Howerton calls Zach Lambert a ‘heretic’ but welcomes Bo French
Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Josh Howerton welcomed one of the most controversial Republicans on the ballot to church today while two days earlier condemning another Texas pastor as a “heretic” for supporting James Talarico. Howerton, senior pastor of Lakepointe Church…
35 clergy and family of clergy appeal for no vote at HPUMC
Thirty-five clergy or family members of clergy who have served or been members of Highland Park United Methodist Church issued a letter Oct. 23 opposing this weekend’s vote on disaffiliation with The United Methodist Church. The Church Council of the…
Grand Canyon University gets state approval for law school
Grand Canyon University has received approval from the Arizona Supreme Court to open its new College of Law before receiving accreditation from the American Bar Association. The Baptist-affiliated university intends to seek ABA accreditation, leaders said, but students will be…
Something is fishy about the CT story
As evangelical Christians and others toss around the latest stories about whatever is happening at Christianity Today, something just doesn’t add up for me. I’ve been in the religious journalism business off and on for 43 years, and it is…
Renewed debate on churches as polling places
As voters in suburban Kansas City go to the polls for midterm elections, they will not be voting at two locations of Resurrection Church that usually are polling sites. That’s because the multi-site Methodist church’s pastor, Adam Hamilton, is on…
Current and past senior ministers urge HPUMC to vote for disaffiliation
The current senior minister of Highland Park United Methodist Church and his two immediate predecessors have sent a message to congregants about why they should vote to leave The United Methodist Church. And the three senior ministers directly counter the…
One-fourth of independents who voted for Trump regret their choice
Nearly one-fourth of independent voters who voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election now regret their vote. That’s according to new data from Public Religion Research Institute’s 2026 American Values Survey. Nationwide, 13% of Trump voters regret their…