This past week, the US State Department ordered World Relief and other organizations to “stop all work” related to paused federal grants, through which these organizations help refugees resettle in their first months in the country.
The ‘Real’ Francis of Assisi Includes the Stuff of Legend
Late in the fourth century, a group of seven monks from a Jerusalem monastery went on a sightseeing trip to Egypt. But this was no ordinary vacation.
Some Utah schools are struggling to keep up with migrant students. This bill would give them emergency funds
In early January, six students arrived at Riverton High School ready for their first day of class but unable to speak English fluently.
In his new book, Peter Beinart begs American Jews: ‘Don’t look away’
Journalist Peter Beinart is one of the American Jewish community’s foremost critics of Israel, admired and followed by many on the Jewish left and reviled by those on the right.
Maine’s high court strikes down removal of time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits
Maine’s highest court on Tuesday ruled against a law that removed the statute of limitations for civil claims about child sexual abuse.
Anti-extremism center opens in former house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss
A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism, and is introducing it to the public on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Monday.
War Changes Everything—and Nothing
When my friend Dima is kept awake at night, he goes out onto his eighth-floor apartment balcony in Kyiv’s eastern suburbs to pray. In the skies above, wave upon wave of Iranian-made Shahed drones pass overhead—Kyiv’s eastern flank is the most vulnerable…
How God Showed Up During A Church Member’s Transition To The Great Beyond
Vickie came to our rural church roughly 15 years ago. Nobody remembers exactly when.
The Los Angeles Wildfires Have Indeed Been Biblical — But Not in the Way You Think
If you’ve ever lived in Los Angeles or if you have loved ones who do, you know that the January wildfires have felt especially like hell—a unique experience even in a city as well acquainted with disaster as LA. Such…
Two churches, two races, one pastor. Can they become one congregation?
Every Sunday, Jacquetta Carter sets off on an unusual religious journey. Leaving her home in a middle-class neighborhood of Joliet, Illinois, Carter and her husband, Keith, drive 45 minutes north, through other western Chicago suburbs and into this relatively affluent…
Understanding paranormal beliefs and conspiracy theories isn’t just about misinformation – this course unpacks the history
My training and professional work have been in Mesoamerican archaeology, but I’ve had a lifelong fascination with paranormal concepts. In fact, I considered studying the UFO community for my doctoral research in cultural anthropology.
Why CBF is committed to ministry among immigrants and refugees
This statement is true today and it has been true for our entire history. From our inception, we have been commissioning field personnel to serve among migrant populations of the world and for more than two decades we have had…