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Armed with high court’s praying coach decision, more conservative Christians hope to score religious discrimination claims
Attorneys in three ongoing freedom of religion cases are urging federal judges to consider recent U.S. Supreme court decisions when ruling on their disputes. The development was pointed out by Don Byrd, author of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty’s…
In a three-way scheme, hustlers sell Netflix access to the faithful in Zimbabwe using American bank cards and government office Wi-Fi
Netflix is angry about account sharing, seeing the practice as an unfair, under-the-table raid of its revenue. But in devout, fiercely Pentecostal Zimbabwe — where joblessness is deep and inflation is, according to John Hopkins University, at a frightening 487%…
Appeals court allows priest’s defamation case to proceed against Russian Orthodox Church
Faith groups cannot claim religious belief and doctrine as exemptions from lawsuits that include issues of secular law, a federal court has ruled in the case of an Orthodox priest who sued church officials for defamation. The Aug. 17 opinion…
Mohler to speak on the ‘idolatry’ of secularism at conference advocating ‘national conservatism’
A Southern Baptist seminary president will join four well-known Republican politicians as a keynote speaker at an upcoming conference on “national conservatism.” According to online publicity, Al Mohler’s topic will be: “‘Your God Will Have Been Supplanted by an Idol’:…
Faith leaders call for urgent opposition to Oklahoma plan to execute an inmate a month for two years
The state of Oklahoma has announced an unprecedented plan to execute 25 inmates over a two-year period beginning this month, about one execution per month. This plan will clear out more than half the current population on Oklahoma’s Death Row,…
Progressive National Baptist Convention elects woman to leadership role for first time
One of the country’s leading Black Protestant denominations elected a woman to a key leadership role for the first time. On Aug. 11, during its 61st annual session, the Progressive National Baptist Convention elected Jacqueline A. Thompson as second vice…
Is ‘In God We Trust’ an assertion of Christian nationalism or of American history in public schools?
As schoolchildren head back to class in Texas this week, many of them will be greeted by the sight of the American and Texas flags displayed along with the text of the National Motto: “In God We Trust.” That’s because…
Despite financial hardships, Americans upped their giving to congregations during pandemic
The financial hardships many Americans faced during the COVID-19 pandemic did not result in the predicted revenue declines for U.S. churches, according to new research into congregational giving trends. In fact, the study conducted by the Lake Institute on Faith…
More questions than answers right now regarding DOJ investigation into SBC
As news spread late last Friday that the U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the Southern Baptist Convention regarding sexual abuse, many more questions than answers swirled about. And while the DOJ itself has neither confirmed nor…
Carver School of Social Work was a victim of American fundamentalism, authors explain
Diana Garland’s 1995 firing as social work dean at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary had less to do with her public conflicts with the Kentucky seminary’s leadership than with the surge of fundamentalism in the SBC and American evangelicalism, according to…
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