The precipitous dropoff in CCM sales has left Christian labels and artists staring into the void alongside their pastors, scratching their heads, wondering where they went wrong.
Pence defends Trump as champion of Catholic values
Vice President Mike Pence proclaimed President Trump a faithful supporter of Catholic values at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, an event that sought to set aside any friction between the president and the pope.
How to be a purple church in a red state
A visitor at a small progressive church in a conservative community expected to find an enclave of hipsters. Instead the people were typical of America’s heartland — hog farmers and schoolteachers, mechanics and grocery store managers.
Religiously affiliated hospitals win Supreme Court pension case
In a decision that has religiously affiliated hospitals cheering, the Supreme Court ruled that federal pension rules don’t apply to them.
The photo that lost radio’s ‘Bible Answer Man’ thousands of listeners
For nearly three decades, Hank Hanegraaff has been the “Bible Answer Man” to millions of evangelical Christians. Then he was confirmed in the Greek Orthodox Church.
The secret evangelicals at Planned Parenthood
They may demonize the health clinic in public, but throngs of young Christian women are patronizing it in private for birth control, preventative care, and, yes, even abortions.
Why so many white evangelicals in Trump’s base are deeply skeptical of climate change
Depending on who you ask, evangelical attitudes on climate changed tend to be shaped by a combination of politics, race, theology and beliefs about science.
Righteous anger: Egypt’s Christians respond to ISIS
What has not happened yet is a Coptic act of revenge. Some fear that ISIS wants to turn Egypt into civil war-era Lebanon.
Vatican sees U.S. climate accord withdrawal as ‘huge slap in the face’
Barely a week after meeting with Pope Francis and promising to read the pontiff’s 184-page encyclical on climate change, President Trump earned scorn at the Vatican over his decision that the U.S. would exit the the Paris Agreement.
Science: How clergy can help believers die a ‘good death’
Two new studies find that many clergy are both ill-prepared and reluctant to fully engage in end-of-life conversations with terminally ill congregation members and their families.
The change taking place in evangelicalism: A conversation with Frances FitzGerald
FitzGerald, author of “The Evangelicals: The Struggle to Shape America” and a highly regarded journalist, speaks about the past and future of evangelicalism as a religious and political force in American life.
Why the U.S. military wants fewer generic Christians
The Department of Defense now recognizes 216 religions. The Armed Forces Chaplains Board says the changes were made to better measure the religious makeup of the military and thereby provide more targeted spiritual support for them.










