A dozen United Methodists meeting secretly in Indianapolis earlier this summer have unveiled a blueprint for spinning off one or two new denominations, hoping to put an end to decades of battles over LGBTQ inclusion.
‘A heavy lift’: Religious black voters weigh Buttigieg’s bid
Would black voters be able to reconcile their conservative religious doctrine with voting for a gay candidate for president?
Howard Thurman’s contemplative nonviolence
The pastor and mentor to Martin Luther King formed a vision of resistance around prayer, not politics.
The new hate pastors
The New IFB is an attempt to revive the former glory and orthodoxy of the Independent Fundamental Baptists, a movement that arose in the mid–20th century in reaction to fears that mainstream Baptists were becoming too progressive.
Bibles escape Trump’s tariff fight with China
America’s Christian publishers no longer have to render to Caesar an extra 10 percent.
Transgender student kicked out of Freewill Baptist college after ‘top surgery’
Raised as a missionary kid in Bulgaria, Yanna Awtrey entered Welch College near Nashville, Tennessee, with a secret he didn’t know what to do with.
‘Using the Lord’s name in vain’: Evangelicals chafe at Trump’s blasphemy
A Trump-supporting West Virginia state senator who represents many evangelicals got three phone calls from constituents complaining about Trump’s profanity after a recent rally.
Secretive Christian group at heart of D.C. politics ready for its close-up in Netflix docuseries
“The Family” puts the spotlight on the enigmatic Fellowship Foundation, the Christian group behind the National Prayer Breakfast.
In Virginia, 2 churches feel the aftermath of Trump’s racist rhetoric
This is a story about two small-town Virginia churches with the same name, but two very different congregations. They’ve each found themselves caught up in controversy tied to President Trump’s racist rhetoric.