Kazakhstan’s authorities are known to have brought at least 143 administrative prosecutions in 2022 — an average of 12 per month — to punish individuals and organizations for their exercise of freedom of religion or belief.
At many Passover Seders, Israel unrest will be on the table
Marc Slutsky has been leading Passover Seders for 40 years, taking on troubling issues that have included Soviet Jewry, racism in the United States, and war after war after war.
Chaplains made part of Ukraine’s military as war drags on
To the haunting chants of a church choir in Kyiv’s 11th century Saint Sophia Cathedral, the first group of chaplains to join the Ukrainian military’s command structure graduated in a ceremony Saturday.
From Senate subcommittee to Easter sermon: Raphael Warnock on life as a pastor-politician
Raphael Warnock, U.S. senator and Baptist pastor, was wrapping up his time on Capitol Hill before heading back to his native Georgia in time for what is perhaps the busiest week of the year for Christian clergy.
Martin Luther King Jr. Looks to God in New Statue
On Monday, Kathy Fincher looked into Martin Luther King Jr.’s eyes and knew something wasn’t quite right.
Lawsuit: Celebrity-friendly church required workers to tithe
A Seattle-area megachurch that counts celebrities such as Russell Wilson and Justin Bieber among its thousands of members has been accused in a lawsuit of requiring employees to donate some of their earnings back to the religious organization or risk…
Mayflower Church members face deportation to China
Chinese Christians who have been living in Thailand after fleeing persecution in their native country have been arrested, and they face a March 31 hearing that could result in their deportation and near-certain imprisonment in China.
Pilgrimage and revolution: How Cesar Chavez married faith and ideology in landmark farmworkers’ march
On March 31, 1966, labor rights pioneer Cesar Chavez wasn’t celebrating his birthday in any usual manner. Rather, he was 14 days into a 25-day pilgrimage in California from Delano to Sacramento.
GOP Rep Slams ‘Unchristian’ GOP Immigration Proposals
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) just made life more difficult for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).