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Editor change, resignations signal shakeup at RNS

Religion News Service — a news service of record for newspapers, magazines, broadcast organizations covering religion, ethics and spirituality around the world — has replaced its editor-in-chief in what appears to be a major shakeup of the award-winning non-profit founded in 1934.

The gospel of climate change: Green pastors bringing environmentalism to evangelicals

While many evangelical Christians dismiss climate change as major concern, some scripture-citing environmentalists within their churches are on a mission.

The Christ-haunted hosts of Gospel Gothic

The hosts of the Gospel Gothic radio hour — Jake Hall, pastor of Highland Hills Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., as well as Wes Griffith and Brad Evans, local entrepreneurs and owners of 100.9 FM The Creek — are inviting Macon and listeners around the country to join them each Sunday morning in exploring “faith, music and meaning in the Christ-haunted South.”

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Faithful cite religious liberty in challenges to Muslim travel ban

A Baptist church/state specialist is among a group of constitutional scholars asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down President Donald Trump’s third attempt to restrict travel from certain Muslim majority nations the administration claims pose a terrorist risk. Holly…

Down to the river: A pastor’s journey toward real life, real sin and real redemption

The day Jake Hall discovered 100.9 FM The Creek, he nearly plowed through a red light into oncoming traffic. As Hall approached the Spring Street bridge in Macon, Ga., to pass over the Ocmulgee River, Darrell Scott’s “Down to the River” on the radio suddenly broke through his humdrum focus with communion of another kind.

Belmont University student dies in Waffle House shooting

Historically Baptist Belmont University devoted its Monday morning chapel service to prayers for a student whose life was cut short by a mass shooting. DeEbony Groves, 21, was one of four victims killed by a gunman in a Sunday morning…

Emotional rebuilding continues 5 years after Texas blast

The town of West, Texas, took one on the chin when an April 2013 fertilizer plant explosion flattened or damaged scores of homes, destroyed schools, killed 15 people and injured hundreds of others. But the community located about 20 miles north…

The ugly coded critique of Chick-Fil-A’s Christianity

The fast-food chain’s “infiltration” of New York City ignores the truth about religion in America. It also reveals an ugly narrow-mindedness.

Willow Creek promises investigation amid new allegations against Bill Hybels

“We are sorry,” elder board says as more women claim misconduct.

Poll: White evangelical support for Trump at record high

White evangelical support for President Trump has reached a record high, according to a new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute. Seventy-five percent of white evangelical respondents in the poll said they view Trump favorably, while just 22 percent said they view him unfavorably.

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church