Church leaders around the country largely deny any link between white-supremacist violence and their votes to “Make America great again.”
Religious leaders react to mass shootings, call for action from Trump, Congress
As the nation reacts to the weekend’s mass shootings and President Trump decries hatred that “devours the soul,” religious leaders called for action from his administration and Congress.
Christian ‘purity’ guru’s loss of faith may signal a coming reckoning for conservative Christianity
Attitudes about sex have come to signal a person or group’s attitudes about modernity itself. Arguments about gender roles, birth control, abortion, sex education, and LGBTQ rights have become central to the religious and political identity of American Christians.
Should clergy be required to report abusers who confess?
In most states, they don’t have to.
Southern Baptist group sues DeKalb city over plans for mega-complex
The North American Mission Board has sued the city of Clarkston, Georgia, for blocking its plans to demolish two houses and build a $15 million complex and ministry center to reach refugees and internationals in a diverse community dubbed Ellis…
Angela, a First African, tells her story in Jamestown, but her faith is a mystery
The presentation is one of many ways Americans are commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of “taken people,” as historical interpreter Valarie Holmes calls the first documented Africans who arrived against their will in Virginia.
The McDonald’s test: Learning to love back row America
Chris Arnade spent three years crisscrossing the United States to visit “the places you were told not to go to.” He shares what he learned in Dignity, a searing new book of essays and photojournalism.
A new recipe for ending hunger
We have a crisis too large for any one church, nonprofit, or government agency to handle on its own, says food policy expert Jeremy Everett.
In-N-Out overtaken by Southern Baptist eatery as favorite fast food restaurant in America
In-N-Out had been the favorite overall fast food restaurant chain in America until a new poll came out, and a chicken joint in Georgia took the top spot.