For about two years, Rosa Gutierrez Lopez avoided deportation by taking sanctuary in Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church, residing in the Bethesda, Maryland, church just nine miles from the White House.
Jury in Baylor sexual assault trial finds Baylor, football players not responsible
A Harris County civil jury on Wednesday sided with Baylor University and two former football players, clearing them each of responsibility in connection with an alleged campus sexual assault.
Critical race theory: What it is and what it isn’t
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana sent a letter to fellow Republicans on June 24, 2021, stating: “As Republicans, we reject the racial essentialism that critical race theory teaches … that our institutions are racist and need to be destroyed from the…
How White Southern Christians Fought to Preserve Segregation
Americans are in the midst of a reckoning about systemic racism and its history in the United States. “Critical race theory” and “anti-racism” have become a hotly debated topics in the media, in politics, in churches, and in schools. Protesters…
Evangelical Covenant Church joins list of Protestant denominations rebuking Doctrine of Discovery
he Evangelical Covenant Church became the latest Protestant denomination in the United States to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery, the theological justification that allowed the discovery and domination by European Christians of lands already inhabited by Indigenous peoples.
Christian musician Matthew West deletes ‘Modest Is Hottest’ YouTube video after pushback
Christian musician Matthew West thought he was poking fun at overprotective dads with a new song “Modest Is Hottest.”
Issues arise regarding Texas Baptist College name
When Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced recently it was renaming its undergraduate school “Texas Baptist College,” two issues quickly came to light—a state convention with a similar registered trademark and a university with a historic claim to the name.
Amish put faith in God’s will and herd immunity over vaccine
When health care leaders in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country began laying out a strategy to distribute COVID-19 vaccines, they knew it would be a tough sell with the Amish, who tend to be wary of preventive shots and…
Texas legislature enacts sweeping law barring state and local government from restricting worship services during public emergency
Unsurprisingly, given the controversy surrounding worship restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, some legislatures across the country are responding with bills that would make it more difficult for government officials to curtail in-person religious gatherings during a public health crisis. In…
First Denomination to Condemn Uyghur Muslim Genocide? Southern Baptists
While headlines focused on intra-Baptist fights during the recent Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in Nashville, many commentators overlooked a remarkable resolution advocating for Uyghur Muslims in China.
How college chaplains became vanguards for LGBTQ acceptance on campus
It was a little after 10 p.m. on a Monday night 40 years ago, when the Rev. Sue Anne Steffey Morrow, assistant dean of the chapel at Princeton University, heard voices from the café in the basement of Murray-Dodge Hall,…
Vatican steps into heated debate on anti-homophobia law in Italy
As Italy considers legislation that would make homophobia and discrimination against LGBTQ individuals punishable by law, the Vatican has been forced to weigh how its own teachings on sexuality and its claims of religious freedom will play in a changing…