Four women have brought formal accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse against a United Methodist clergyman who is prominent in interfaith work.
National Association of Evangelicals’ new president hopes to bring together a movement in crisis
Walter Kim, PCA pastor and former Park Street Church minister, becomes the first leader of color at the helm of the 77-year-old organization.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, Democratic leader and regular Trump target, dies at 68
The Democratic congressman from Maryland who gained national attention for his principled stands on politically charged issues in the House, his calming effect on anti-police riots in Baltimore, and his forceful opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump, was a…
How Twitter helped change the mind of a Westboro Baptist Church member
Growing up as a member of the Westboro Baptist Church, Megan Phelps-Roper was taught that God hated gay people. It wasn’t until a few years later, when she began running the Westboro Twitter account, that she began to truly question…
Top Kansas prison official supervises fellow Westboro Baptist Church member
Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday called for review of the hiring by the Kansas Department of Administration of church deacon Stephen Drain to manage the state’s inmate education and employment programs. Margie Phelps, a daughter of the church’s founder, the…
Federal judge overturns ObamaCare transgender protections
A federal judge on Tuesday overturned ObamaCare protections for transgender patients, ruling that a 2016 policy violates the religious freedom of Christian providers.
Dallas Baptist University campus cleared after threat of bomb, armed attack leads to evacuation
John Shaw, the university’s chief of police, said Dallas police’s SWAT team and the FBI were notified about the “bomb and coordinated armed threat” to the campus, in the Mountain Creek area of southwest Dallas, about 1 p.m.
State Department website promotes Mike Pompeo speech on ‘Being a Christian Leader’
A recent speech about “Being a Christian Leader” by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was promoted on the State Department’s homepage Monday, and has been met with criticism that it potentially violates the principle of separation of church and state enshrined in the…
Christians killed on Syria’s front lines
While Trump defends US withdrawal, advocates fear “Turkey will complete the work that ISIS tried to do, in eradicating Christians from this region.”