The three-day Caring Well conference opens Thursday at a resort hotel near Dallas, drawing hundreds of pastors and church officials from the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. for a program featuring victim advocates, attorneys, therapists and at least 10…
Trump condemns religious persecution amid refugee squeeze
President Donald Trump said at the United Nations this week that “protecting religious freedom is one of my highest priorities.” But his promise rings hollow to advocates for persecuted religious minorities seeking refuge in the United States.
When the ‘biblical view’ for evangelicals was that life begins at birth
Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg was recently castigated by evangelicals and other conservative Christians for saying that, according to his read of the Bible, life begins at first breath. But there was a time, not long ago, when that same…
Former staffers loved Relevant’s mission, but a toxic culture tested their faith
Concerns about their former boss include allegations of the CEO berating staffers in front of colleagues, making insensitive comments, insisting employees work grueling hours and even firing a staffer he declared to be a curse — all at a place…
Is racial justice becoming a priority for evangelical voters?
LifeWay Research measures political support for the issue for the first time.
Armed security at churches is becoming a new normal
Congregations adjust to shifting gun policies and the threat of active shooters.
Angry judge sanctions Justice Department lawyers in Texas massacre case
Shortly after storming out of his own courtroom Wednesday, a federal judge in San Antonio sanctioned Justice Department attorneys for not disclosing the names of Air Force staffers who neglected to alert the FBI about a former airman who killed…
Visiting a tent city in Mexico created by Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocol
The children here are gaunt and listless. They are running out of time.
Congressional hearing on travel ban highlights impact of muddled waiver process
The hearing, organized jointly by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship and the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, focused on the human cost of the ban on travel to U.S. from Syria, Iran, Yemen, Somalia,…