Willow Creek Community Church — still grappling with former senior pastor Bill Hybels’ history of alleged sexual harassment and abuse of power — now is dealing with allegations of misconduct against the man who mentored Hybels.
Journalist Gwen Ifill remembered with stamp at her Washington church
In the historic black church where she worshipped, the late journalist Gwen Ifill was remembered with a new Black Heritage stamp in a ceremony featuring dignitaries of the church, politics and journalism.
Seventy-five years after Auschwitz, anti-Semitism is on the rise
You can manage a chronic disease, treat it, or prevent its complications—but you can rarely cure it.
Can a bestselling Christian marriage book about love and respect lead to abuse?
Sheila Wray Gregoire says she’s heard from hundreds of women who say one of the main themes of the bestselling book, Love & Respect — that giving a husband “unconditional respect” can lead to a happy marriage — contributed to…
Anti-LGBT Florida schools getting school vouchers
In Florida last year, 156 private Christian schools where homosexuality was condemned or, at a minimum, unwelcome. Those schools educated more than 20,800 students — at least 14 percent of Florida’s nearly 147,000 scholarship recipients — with tuition paid for…
Why these young American Christians embraced socialism
At the heart of Christianity and socialism is a question about what kind of people we will become: Will we live as isolated individuals, or as part of an interdependent whole? It is a political question—and a religious one as…
Liberty University’s Falwell throws support behind ‘Vexit’
Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, has voiced his support for efforts to allow counties in Virginia unhappy with the state’s Democrat-controlled Legislature to join West Virginia. “Many counties (in Virginia) are taking a long hard look at escaping…
The Catholic faith of Kobe Bryant
Beyond basketball, Bryant was a husband and a father who in 2015 credited his Catholic faith with helping him move past a challenging period in his own life and the life of his family.
Survivors return to Auschwitz 75 years after liberation
Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, using the testimony of survivors to warn about the signs of rising anti-Semitism and hatred in the world today.