President Trump is set to sign an executive order on Thursday that aims to relax restrictions on political activity by religious groups without threatening their tax-exempt status.
Christians in the Global South now dominate every major Protestant tradition — except Baptist
Christian denominations once heavily concentrated in Europe or North America have expanded worldwide to the point that Global South believers now predominate. Baptists represent the conspicuous exception to this rule. They remain heavily concentrated in one Global North region.
White House aims for Thursday signing of religious liberty executive order
President Donald Trump has invited conservative leaders to the White House on Thursday for what they expect will be the ceremonial signing of a long-awaited — and highly controversial — executive order on religious liberty.
How to tell the difference between religious persecution and selfishness
Things look different when you’re the minority instead of the majority. Or at least, things should look different.
Trump to name anti-abortion advocate to lead federal family planning programs
In her role, Teresa Manning will help oversee the distribution of Title X funding, which goes to clinics providing contraceptive and preventive health services.
S.C. Baptist Convention to offer ‘voluntary early retirement incentive’ to some employees
An undisclosed number of full-time employees of the South Carolina Baptist Convention may elect to accept a voluntary early retirement incentive in the coming months, according to an April 26 news release from SCBC executive director-treasurer Gary Hollingsworth.
Jerry Falwell Jr. calls Donald Trump the ‘Dream President’ for Evangelicals
The Liberty University president also said GOP moderates “make my blood boil.”
Dwight Eisenhower’s first 100 days changed American politics, religion
Eisenhower used his first months to revolutionize how Americans understood the role of religion, effectively making piety and patriotism one and the same.
Bill McKibben talks faith on his way to the Climate March
Even fans of McKibben may not know that the founder of the 350.org environmental nonprofit is also a religious man who has written passionately and extensively about the spiritual underpinnings of his drive to save the planet.
Abandoned Baptist college site draws criminal activity
The former campus of Baptist University of the Americas in San Antonio, Texas, has been abandoned for months after the school moved to a new location.
Mother is asked to find private room while breast-feeding in church
Annie Peguero was trying to soothe her agitated 19-month-old baby in church on Sunday when she did what she often does — she nursed her. But her efforts to calm her daughter caused a stir in the sanctuary.
In China, unregistered churches are driving a religious revolution
Why were these independent churches so effective in appealing to China’s burgeoning middle class? And how do they survive despite government efforts to rein in religious groups not part of government-run places of worship?