Two months into Donald Trump’s second term as president, not a day has passed without news headlines of multiple controversial efforts of his administration to reshape the institutions of American government. Team members of the newly created Department of Government…
Evangelical clergy largely deny human causes of climate change
Evangelical Protestant clergy are outliers among their peers in rejecting the scientific consensus that earth’s climate is changing and human actions are a major cause. Nearly 80% of evangelical Protestant clergy reject this idea, which is strongly held by the…
Trump administration accuses Habitat for Humanity of fraud
Habitat for Humanity is among nonprofits the Trump administration claims benefited from “programmatic fraud, waste and abuse” through a climate action fund authorized by Congress. Not only has Trump shut down the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the Environmental Protection Agency…
Among Christian ministries, two opposing views of Trump’s sudden, chaotic aid cuts
Evangelicals were essential in reelecting Donald Trump. Now, his sudden and drastic cuts to aid programs are forcing some evangelical nonprofits to end work and fire personnel, while Focus on the Family and other conservative groups praise the aid cuts…
Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act challenged by civil liberties groups
President Donald Trump’s attempt to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport certain Venezuelan immigrants was met by an immediate legal challenge, a court order barring the action and a reported violation of the ruling by the administration. The centuries-old…
Post-pandemic, benevolence declines worldwide
Benevolence may be slipping around the world after reaching a high point from 2021 to 2023, according to a new Gallup survey. Last year, 56% of respondents globally said they had helped a stranger in the prior six months, down…
Wikipedia co-founder finds Christian faith anew
Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, announced Feb. 5 that he’s no longer an atheist but a Christian. In an exclusive interview with Baptist News Global, Sanger explained his five-year journey to discover whether God is real. “The Great Commission says…
Trump brings back family separation policy, and protests ensue
Donald Trump’s return to detaining immigrant children and families is reviving a brutal process from his first administration and must be heavily protested, human rights advocate Amy Fischer said during a March 12 press briefing. “It causes irreparable harm for…
Judge appears skeptical of Trump ban on transgender service members
A federal judge appeared reluctant March 12 to comprehend the legality of a Trump executive order that bans transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes repeatedly questioned the government’s lawyers for what she…
Pro-Trump ‘prophet’ Mario Murillo debuts healing film
Mario Murillo, a Pentecostal evangelist and self-proclaimed prophet who preaches about sin, healing and right-wing politics, stars in a new film that opened in hundreds of theaters March 9. I Am Living Proof focuses on three people who claim they…
Pulte Foundation seeks to preserve Catholic churches and schools
While much attention has been paid to the closing of Protestant churches in America, a new initiative seeks to preserve the buildings of Catholic churches and schools. The Pulte Family Charitable Foundation has launched The Catholic Initiative, a Vatican-approved funding…
Robert Morris indicted on child sex abuse charges in Oklahoma
Robert Morris, founder and former pastor of Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, and previous adviser to President Donald Trump, was indicted on five felony counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child. The charges relate to alleged child sexual…