Deeply and faithfully loving and caring for oneself is enough — it’s not just a pause between activities, writes a seminary professor and psychologist. Related opinion: Amy Butler / In a divided country, pastoral leaders are called to love fiercely, speak…
Eugene Peterson enters hospice care
Beloved pastor and author nears completion of his long obedience in the same direction.
Compassion in the church—and the mosque, and the temple
Christians organized the first relief agencies. Now Sikh, Muslim, and Buddhist groups abound.
Court convicts American pastor, allows him to leave Turkey
A Turkish court on Friday convicted an American pastor of terror charges but released him from house arrest and allowed him to leave Turkey, a move that’s likely to ease the tensions between Turkey and the United States.
Freedom from Religion Foundation’s atheist relief group sues IRS over tax exemption
Nonbelief Relief, the charitable arm of the Freedom from Religion Foundation “objects to having to file Form 990 while churches and church-related organizations do not.”
Christian Post publisher charged in $10 million fraud scheme
Manhattan indictment alleges conspiracy and shady business practices between Christian Media Corporation and Newsweek rescuer IBT Media.
Christian leader Jerry Falwell urges Trump support: ‘He’s a moral person’
The evangelical Liberty University president, who helped give Trump the Christian vote in 2016, aims to influence voters again.
Two conservative groups are suing Austin over its nondiscrimination ordinance. LGBTQ advocates say they’re not worried.
The advocates say lawsuits challenging the city’s code prohibiting employers from discriminating against an “individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability” won’t hold up in court.
Unreleased religious freedom manifesto isn’t the culture war compromise it hopes to be
Given the institutional backing and the generous rhetoric, many well-intentioned people will consider signing on. But before they do, there are a few things they might consider.
Black clergy, critiquing the national divide, announce plan to forge their own path
Representatives of two black Baptist denominations, the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the National Baptist Convention USA, declared on Tuesday that they would stand apart from white liberals and conservatives alike while seeking to address a politically divided nation.
Anti-Trump evangelicals are on a nationwide bus tour to flip Congress
The Vote Common Good bus tour is challenging conservative Christians to question their loyalty to the Republican Party.
‘Nuns on the Bus’ launch new nationwide tour ahead of midterms
A progressive Catholic group is kicking off a new nun-led bus tour ahead of the midterm elections that organizers say is designed to “hold congressional Republicans accountable for their votes” on taxes and health care.