Robin Blakeman, an eighth-generation West Virginian, has been a practicing minister since 2004. This May, the city where she lives flooded for the second time in nine months. Several inches of rain left roads in disarray, with cars washed out…
Tribal leaders, members react to pope’s apology on schools
Pope Francis’ apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the abuses that took place within it was a full-throated denunciation of a decadeslong policy of forced assimilation that aimed to strip Indigenous children of their culture…
Unprecedented anti-LGBTQ statement by Orthodox Church in America should be Christian nationalist warning sign to us Orthodoxy
Late last week, the Orthodox Church in America, the second largest Orthodox church body in the country, issued an unprecedented statement seeking to silence any discussion about same-sex relationships and the sacramental inclusion of LGBTQ people in the life of the Orthodox Church.
This Catholic Nun Rejects The Pro-Choice/Pro-Life Binary
Catholic nun and medical doctor Teresa Forcades says women should make their own abortion decisions.
Political Ad Shows Doctor Asking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott If He’ll Allow An Abortion
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s attempts to curtail abortion rights in his state has made him the target of a scathing new political ad.
These adoptees refuse to be Christian pro-life poster kids
Born just three months after the watershed Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, John Gregg has early memories of being led around more than one National Right to Life conference as a toddler by his Catholic adoptive parents, who were enthusiastically anti-abortion.
The Midwestern pioneer lobbying Republicans on same-sex marriage
Ten years after making history as the first openly gay senator, Tammy Baldwin is blazing another trail.
An ‘imposter Christianity’ is threatening American democracy
Three men, eyes closed and heads bowed, pray before a rough-hewn wooden cross. Another man wraps his arms around a massive Bible pressed against his chest like a shield. All throughout the crowd, people wave “Jesus Saves” banners and pump…
Baptists in Brazil welcome refugees from Afghanistan
Brazilian Baptists have welcomed more than 100 refugees from Afghanistan to Vila Minhya Pátria—the Homeland Refugee Village—where they receive care, learn skills to prepare them for long-term residence in Brazil, and see the love of Christ in action.
United Church elects Carmen Lansdowne as 1st Indigenous woman to lead a religious denomination in Canada
A minister in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has become the first Indigenous woman to lead a religious denomination in Canada.
Single, Evangelical Women Are Counting the Cost of Staying in Church
Evangelical women have long attended church at higher rates than evangelical men. But today that gap is narrowing, not because more men are coming but because more women are leaving. Such women are increasingly likely to “deconstruct” their faith or identify…
UN court rejects Myanmar claims, will hear Rohingya case
Judges at the United Nations’ highest court on Friday dismissed preliminary objections by Myanmar to a case alleging the Southeast Asian nation is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority.