Latino evangelical leaders are calling on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to stay the execution of Donald David Dillbeck, who was convicted of fatally stabbing a woman after escaping from custody while serving a life sentence for killing a Lee County…
Trailblazing Episcopal priest Pauli Murray to be featured on US quarters
The first Black woman to be ordained in the Episcopal Church, who was also a trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and writer, will be honored on the U.S. quarter next year.
Global Baptists provide assistance after killer earthquake
From Hungarian Baptist Aid joining intensive search-and-rescue missions to Texas Baptist Men providing them with generators and other supplies, global Baptists have responded to earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that claimed more than 36,000 lives.
For Christians In Memphis, Tyre Nichols’ Death A Cause For Concern, Action
A picture of Tyre Nichols in his hospital bed greeted a recent assembly of the Coleman Avenue Church of Christ.
South African Ministers Face Poverty Without Secular Jobs
Merchants gathered at a busy intersection in this Johannesburg suburb in 2020 to sell a variety of goods ranging from food to tires.
Polygamy kidnapping suspect will be returned to Utah
The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs will be returned to Utah to face charges that he kidnapped his niece, as he waived extradition at a court hearing Monday following his arrest in North Dakota.
Religious freedom violations in Cuba spike in one year
Documented violations of religious freedom in Cuba more than doubled from 2021 to 2022, a new report revealed.
Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years
Many Americans have heard the expression “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine” – in fact, a quick Google search turns up myriad websites offering wedding bands inscribed with the much-loved line.
Indian government asks people to hug cows on Valentine’s Day
India’s government-run animal welfare department has appealed to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not as a celebration of romance but as “Cow Hug Day” to better promote Hindu values.
The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover: An Interview with Lerone Martin
In his new book The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover, Lerone A. Martin shows how the FBI was a major force enabling white Christian nationalism in the modern United States.
Oldest schoolhouse for Black children in US moved to museum
A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was hoisted onto a flatbed truck and moved a half-mile Friday to Colonial Williamsburg, a Virginia museum that continues to expand its emphasis on African…
Anti-Semitism incidents in UK fall from record high
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain last year fell by more than a quarter from a record high seen in 2021, but an increasing number of children are becoming victims of hatred, a Jewish advisory body said on Thursday.