Christians around the globe share concerns about the application of fast-advancing gene-editing technology, making them more cautious about the research and its potential application to alter a baby’s genetic makeup, according to a new survey.
Idaho Anne Frank Memorial defaced with swastika stickers
Boise police are investigating after the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial was defaced by swastika stickers earlier this week.
Jerry Falwell Jr. drops defamation lawsuit against Liberty University
Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. has dropped a lawsuit in which he claimed the school he once led defamed him after he resigned this summer in the wake of a sex scandal.
Black pastor leads his white North Carolina church toward a fuller reckoning on race
The Sunday morning service at Providence United Methodist Church last month began with a few praise songs, as usual, then an opening prayer. But before launching into his sermon, the Rev. Aldana Allen offered a personal testimony.
Baptist Church Remembers Record Homicide Year with Annual Advent Service
For 23 years, Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, has held a service on the second Sunday of Advent with a cross on its lawn for each person killed that year by homicide in the community. This year saw more…
BJC warns against politicizing religious beliefs, sermons of candidates: ‘No religious test means no religious test’
In a Facebook live conversation, BJC Executive Director Amanda Tyler and Director of Education Charles Watson Jr. discussed the unique religious liberty concerns that can arise when a minister is a candidate for public office.
Do you see what I see? Planetary alignment to create a ‘Christmas star’
A star, a star will dance in the night on Dec. 21.
Jehovah’s Witnesses shift away from knocking amid pandemic
For Jessica Iwajomo, the joy she finds in her faith is too important, too good to keep to herself.
A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text
Against the backdrop of a pandemic’s blight and wounds from an acrimonious election, a group of acclaimed actors on Sunday staged an online reading of a religious text with remarkable relevance to the current moment: the Book of Job.