Skirmishes broke out between supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump as a “Jews For Trump” convoy of hundreds of cars draped with American flags and Trump 2020 banners rolled slowly through Manhattan and Brooklyn over the weekend.
MBC Executive Responds to SBU Controversy, Attacks Word&Way
After Southwest Baptist University President Eric Turner resigned Tuesday (Oct. 20) amid a two-year controversy over theology and institutional control, Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director John Yeats wrote a letter to faculty and staff at the school in Bolivar, Missouri. In the letter, Yeats…
Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 1st Black US prelate
Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.
Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as ‘non-denominational Christian’
In an exclusive interview with Religion News Service, President Trump said in a written statement that he no longer identifies as a Presbyterian and now sees himself as a non-denominational Christian.
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib denounce Facebook as complicit in anti-Muslim violence
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are condemning Facebook after a report, released Wednesday (Oct. 21), documents how the social media company has allowed the spread of anti-Muslim hate and violence in the United States and across the world.
Some COVID-related worship restrictions upheld, others halted as disputes continue to move through court system
Courts across the country continue to hear cases at the intersection of public health restrictions and religious gatherings.
Call for reinterpretation of Baylor’s Statement on Human Sexuality passes in Student Senate
The Student Senate passed the “No Crying on Sundays” resolution on Thursday evening 30-15 after an arduous debate. The bill potentially opens the door for LGBTQ groups like Gamma Alpha Upsilon to become officially chartered, but only if Baylor’s administration feels inclined…
‘Pro-life Evangelicals for Biden’ signers face a fiery blowback
Joel Hunter, the high-profile former Orlando megachurch pastor, knows the cost of deviating from fellow white evangelicals’ nearly monolithic Republican Party backing.
COVID-19 has shone a light on the millennia-old balance between public and private worship
As religious services went online to protect congregants from the coronavirus, a paradox emerged: Worshipers were connected via the internet to a potentially wide community, but it felt like a more private affair.