Growing up in the Church of Christ in Burbank, California, Angelea Hayes was often told Christianity and environmentalism were incompatible. But in her first year at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Hayes found herself sheltering in place and sleeping on gym…
South Carolina’s Confederate monument protection law upheld
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law preventing anyone from moving a Confederate monument or changing the historical name of a street or building without the Legislature’s permission is legal.
Restrictive abortion bill introduced in Florida mirrors controversial Texas law
A Republican Florida state lawmaker on Wednesday introduced a bill that is modeled after a strict Texas law prohibiting abortions after six weeks, drawing condemnation from supporters of abortion rights who fear such legislation might soon be introduced in other states.
Pence hopeful the Supreme Court will restrict abortion in US
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that he is hopeful the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court created during his and President Donald Trump’s administration will soon overturn abortion rights in the United States.
Timothy Stewart, Progressive National Baptists’ international president, dead at 64
The Rev. Timothy Stewart, the first international president of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, has died, his denomination announced.
Religious artifacts in new Reconstruction exhibit depict resilience, racism
The pew from a church where Black people once were relegated to the balcony. A pair of stained-glass windows honoring Confederate generals that were removed from Washington National Cathedral.
‘Some wanted me dead:’ Pope acknowledges right-wing critics
Pope Francis has acknowledged his increasingly vocal conservative critics, saying their “nasty comments” were the work of the devil and adding that “some wanted me dead” after his recent intestinal surgery.
Women making strides in leadership of Black denominations amid hesitancy
Women in Black Baptist circles knew that it was a matter of time before one of their own was named to lead a major church organization.
Biden calls on U.S. Supreme Court to protect abortion rights
President Joe Biden’s administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday not to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide in an upcoming case concerning a restrictive Mississippi law.
2 charged with hate crime in attack on Jewish men in LA
Two suspects in an attack on Jewish men outside a Los Angeles restaurant last spring were charged Tuesday with a hate crime, prosecutors said.
From knocking on doors to Facebook posts: Missionary work moves online
When missionary Marcus Adams heard the news, he went out to the courtyard to cry. He no longer noticed the sticky, midday heat of the Philippines, a country he’d grown to love but now was forced to leave.
Moroccan Christians Welcome End of a Decade of Islamist Government
For the first time in his life, Rachid Imounan cast a vote—and overturned Morocco’s Islamist-oriented government.