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Clergy oppose Missouri Legislature rewriting Ten Commandments
A Missouri Senate committee approved legislation to place the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms, but not before rewriting the Scriptures to conform with conservative political ideology, said Brian Kaylor, a Baptist minister and leader of a clergy coalition opposed to…
William Barber arrested for praying in Capitol Rotunda
Just days after President Donald Trump’s task force to fight anti-Christian bias held its first meeting, a prominent pastor was arrested for praying in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Pastor William Barber and two other people were arrested by…
In Dallas, interfaith clergy rally to decry deportations
Immigrants must be treated with the dignity and respect required by faith and the due process afforded under the law, a coalition of Dallas-area faith leaders demanded during an April 28 press briefing. The event was presented by the Interfaith…
Newsmax election defamation case was to begin jury trial today but now delayed
Newsmax, a conservative news outlet beloved by many evangelicals, was scheduled to begin defending itself today in a jury trial over a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. However, the trial has been delayed due to calendar…
On same day, Trump admin arrests judge and backtracks on student visas
Immigration authorities are rescinding a decision to terminate the visas of international students as part of President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation program, a federal official said April 25. That’s the same day federal officials arrested a judge on charges of helping…
Mercer President Underwood will return to classroom next year
Trustees of Mercer University will begin the search for a new president, as William Underwood has announced he plans to return to his position as a tenured professor in the School of Law in 2026. Underwood has led the Baptist-affiliated…
TD Jakes to step down from Potters House, handing reins to family
Internationally known pastor T.D. Jakes will step away from leadership of his Dallas megachurch and hand the reins to his daughter and son-in-law, he announced April 27. Jakes founded The Potters House in West Virginia and then moved it to…
Furman faculty say they won’t give in to outside pressure
As the Trump administration seeks to pressure universities such as Columbia and Harvard to abandon DEI and “woke” ideologies, the faculty of Furman University have laid down a line they will not cross. An April 23 statement from Furman’s Faculty…
Jane Roe case against Patterson and Southwestern will go to trial now
One key portion of Jane Roe’s defamation case against Paige Patterson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will go to trial, according to the latest filings in the federal case. In February, the Texas Supreme Court ruled on two questions of…
Due process for all Americans now threatened, Melissa Rogers warns
The wrongful deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia poses a looming threat to the right to due process in the U.S., said Melissa Rogers, a former executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Garcia is the…
Yes, race and gender discrimination have something to do with you, author says
One of the tragedies of race- and gender-based discrimination and violence is that white people can’t — or won’t — see how such issues have anything to do with them, said Angela Denker, author of Disciples of a White Jesus:…