Against the backdrop of rising anti-LGBTQ violence, Interfaith Alliance and its partners will provide training for faith leaders and congregations to serve as buffers between hate groups and those attending Pride month events in June. “While this year it is…
Christian groups helped elect school board that restored Confederate names
The Virginia school board that voted last week to restore the names of Confederate leaders to two schools was elected with the help of conservative Christian groups that promote parental rights and oppose Critical Race Theory. Ever since the Shenandoah…
Huett named chief operating officer of CBF
Longtime Cooperative Baptist Fellowship staff member Jeff Huett has been named to a newly created position of chief operating officer. According to a CBF news release, Huett will coordinate collaboration between finance, human resources, identity and communications, information technology, and…
Former terrorism official exposes threat of Christian extremism
The 9/11 attacks on the United States revealed Elizabeth Neumann’s first calling: to protect the nation from religious extremists “over there” through counterterrorism work in George W. Bush’s administration. The 1/6 attack on the U.S. Capitol inspired her current calling:…
Amid America’s changing political alliances, Republicans skew more evangelical and less diverse
A recent Pew Research study shows racial and religious demographic changes are having significant effects on both the Republican and Democratic parties. Amid a contentious election year, Pew’s most recent findings show American views toward partisanship have shifted tremendously between…
Pew poll confirms other studies: Most Americans favor legal abortion
The evangelical obsession with outlawing abortion remains vastly out of step with the majority of Americans, according to new national polling by Pew Research. This new data corresponds to other national polls, including those by Public Religion Research Institute, that…
PCA cancels panel discussion after uproar over David French
David French appears to be persona non grata in the Presbyterian denomination he called home until recently. French, a conservative columnist for The New York Times, was a darling of political and theological conservatives until he and his wife, Nancy…
Abuse survivors press Missouri attorney general to do more
Three women abused as children at Christian reform schools in rural Southern Missouri publicly urged other victims and witnesses to come forward about their ordeals ahead of a major abuse trial scheduled for the fall. “We just want anyone who…
Evangelical Christian Mike Johnson goes to Trump’s trial to say how unjust it is
First they amplified his false claims of election fraud, now a growing number of Republican leaders are supporting Donald Trump’s claims that the entire U.S. legal system is corrupt because he has been put on trial. Speaker of the House…