Meet the survivors and advocates whose voices spurred “holy rumblings” in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
A pastor’s case for the morality of abortion
Jes Kast, a minister in the United Church of Christ, believes the procedure should be fully legal and accessible. Her path to that position has been complicated.
At her funeral in Tennessee, Rachel Held Evans is memorialized with quotes from her own writings
The service was held at First Centenary United Methodist Church in Chattanooga. Many of the writer’s friends followed along from a livestream of the service hosted on her website.
Mass shootings transform how America talks, prays, prepares
The unending litany of mass shootings in recent years — the latest, on Friday, leaving 12 dead in Virginia Beach, Virginia – has changed how America talks, prays and prepares for trouble.
20 years for giving water to migrants? A religious freedom case of little interest to ‘religious freedom’ industry
While the “religious freedom” industry is busy protecting discriminatory bakeries and pharmacists who refuse to do their job, a humanitarian faces a hefty prison sentence for providing food and water to migrants in the desert.
Lesbian couple sues South Carolina after being rejected as foster parents
Eden Rogers and Brandy Welch say a waiver granted to religious foster care agencies allows the groups to discriminate against prospective foster parents.
Arizona volunteer tried on felony charges for helping immigrants
College instructor Scott Warren is a volunteer for No More Deaths, an Arizona-based advocacy organization that aims to stop the deaths undocumented immigrants in the desert near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Four members of Baptist church killed on way to revival
Four members of Shiloh Baptist Church in Blackstone, Virginia, died Tuesday in a church van wreck while on their way to sing for a revival at a sister church.
Hospital chaplains stick to the heart of the job amid health care industry changes
With American society becoming increasingly disconnected and less religious, chaplains’ role has become particularly important.