The majority of private Christian schools in America have been growing in enrollment as conservative parents worried about COVID closures and worried about “moral and social issues,” according to a new national survey. “Post-pandemic, eight out of 10 Christian school…
New initiative takes C.S. Lewis to college campuses
In January, hundreds of students packed an auditorium at the University of Florida in Gainesville, not to catch a performance by a popular rapper or a lecture from a powerful political leader, but to experience a one-man production detailing the…
Republican losses in midterms are worth it because of ending Roe, Mohler explains
While a majority of Americans are breathing a sigh of relief that the midterm elections did not further erode democratic norms, Al Mohler views the election as “an unmitigated disaster for the cause of the sanctity of human life.” In…
These contemporary icons show the saints among us in a new light
Martin Luther King Jr., Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Maya Angelou and Mister Rogers are crowned with halos in the iconography of Kelly Latimore, a Missouri-based artist whose popular works adorn a growing number of homes and sanctuaries. Depicting these and other inspirational…
Baylor silent as Griner heads to Russian penal colony
Baylor University remained largely silent as the world’s attention once again turned to the fate of former Lady Bears basketball star Brittney Griner, who has been transferred to a Russian penal colony to serve out a nine-year sentence for a…
USCIRF warns of dangerous use of blasphemy laws in Nigeria
Blasphemy laws and their discriminatory enforcement are becoming another major threat to religious liberty in Nigeria, according to a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The USCIRF study also found that blasphemy bans contained in the nation’s…
Australian Baptist association requires agreement on its statement on marriage for all affiliated churches and ministers
A Baptist association in Australia has voted to require not only its member churches but all clergy accredited by the association to affirm a belief in marriage as “a covenant relationship ordained by God as a lifelong faithful union of…
Hardin-Simmons trustees give embattled president three-year contract extension
Less than three weeks after 76% of the faculty at Hardin-Simmons University voted “no confidence” in President Eric Bruntmyer, the West Texas school’s trustees gave him a three-year contract extension. “The board has full confidence in President Bruntmyer and believes…
Oklahoma elects secretary of education who wants to require training in ‘Christian’ version of American history
The man elected to lead Oklahoma public schools for the next four years believes the state’s teachers all need remedial education from a conservative evangelical school in Michigan in order to teach “true history” that favors “Judeo-Christian values.” Republican candidate…
It was a tough day for election deniers, Brookings panel says
Americans who embrace democracy and shun conspiracy theories have reason to be cautiously optimistic about the U.S. political system after the 2022 midterm elections, said Norman Eisen, founder and executive chair of the States United Democracy Center. Nov. 8 was…
‘Send these bigots and homophobes and misogynists back under the rocks out from which they crawled’
Churches and individual Christians must become more ardent in their opposition to Christian nationalism in the wake of the midterm elections, according to John Dorhauer, general minister and president of the United Church of Christ. “We must seek to engage…
North Carolina pastor wins school board race
A Baptist pastor in North Carolina won his race for the local school board Nov. 8, pledging to stand against the national movement to cast doubt on public education and limit the teaching of race and American history. Alan Sherouse,…