Last Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court issued a significant and unanimous decision in the ongoing dispute over whether antidiscrimination law must yield to the religious beliefs of business owners opposed to marriage equality.
Vancouver mayor asks Christian event to drop contentious pastor
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has asked the organizers of a coming Christian festival to consider dropping headline speaker Rev. Franklin Graham, an evangelical pastor who has made controversial statements about Muslims, people of colour, and gays and lesbians.
Milo Yiannopoulos and the Church of Winning
By excusing Donald Trump’s behavior, some evangelical leaders enabled the internet provocateur’s ascent.
What is it like to be a Muslim at a Baptist university?
Lama Zakzok, a 20-year-old anthropology major at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, says when people learn she’s Muslim, the conversation can go one of two ways.
How pastors perceive domestic violence differently
Most pastors want their churches to be a safe haven, but don’t have a plan to get there.
Here are the churches fighting back against Trump’s immigration crackdown
Jeanette Vizguerra may be one of the first undocumented immigrants to seek this kind of refuge since Donald Trump’s election but, for months, churches have been preparing for exactly this possibility.
Don’t dismiss President Trump’s attacks on the media as mere stupidity
Some of you may have noticed that we’re living through a period in which the executive branch of government is engaged in a systematic effort to create a climate of opinion against the news business.
Challenging the narrative: How race complicates the latest LifeWay debate
Black Southern Baptists weigh in on the issues around removing Sho Baraka’s album.
Survey: 76% of ‘White Evangelical Protestants’ agree with the President’s refugee ban
Most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s executive order to temporarily stop refugees from entering the U.S. There’s a huge difference, though, when it comes to Christians, especially those who self-identify as evangelical.
Washington Supreme Court rules against florist in gay wedding case
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding broke the state’s antidiscrimination law, despite her claim that doing so would violate her religious beliefs.
ICE agents arrest 6 people seeking shelter from the cold at a church
The arrests hint that immigration agents may be targeting houses of worship as they continue a recent wave of deportation raids.
Church of England in turmoil as synod rejects report on same-sex relationships
Clergy voted against a report by 100 to 93 in a blow to the Archbishop of Canterbury as he tries to chart a course between apparently unreconcilable wings of church.