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The Charlotte Pentecostals inverting the slogans of Christian nationalism

I was in Charlotte and attended several protests against the presence of ICE in the city. One I went to was made up of largely left-leaning white protesters, which you would see at many Indivisible or No Kings rallies. These…

Laws shield taxpayer-funded crisis pregnancy centers from oversight

Half a century after Christian abortion opponents founded the first crisis pregnancy centers, the centers receive hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars. But a powerful legal group is working to shield them from taxpayer oversight. Alliance Defending Freedom, the Christian…

InterVarsity: Members of Gen Z are remaking missions

Members of Gen Z are committed to missions but insist on changes to old models before they sign on, says a survey from InterVarsity as the campus ministry prepares for this year’s Urbana Student Missions Conference Dec. 28-31 in Phoenix….

Efforts to combat global poverty unchanged due to US withdrawal

Efforts to combat global poverty remain unchanged for the second consecutive year in part because of severe cutbacks in American international aid, according to the director of the newly released “2025 Fordham Pope Francis Poverty Report.” “Something has shifted, and…

ChatGPT shows Trump’s Thanksgiving message is a platter of lies

The president of the United States continued his pattern of using key holidays to lob false accusations at his opponents and enemies, this time throwing in a slur that drew international headlines. In his Thanksgiving Day post on Truth Social,…

Co-founder leaves Skit Guys ministry after ‘moral failure’

The Skit Guys, a comedy and teaching ministry founded three decades ago by two Baptists, has called it quits after co-founder Eddie James “had to resign from our ministry based on choices he made,” according to a statement. “We are…

For first time ever, US refused to acknowledge World AIDS Day

On a crisp 41-degree morning, more than a hundred people gathered beneath the AIDS Memorial in Greenwich Village to mark World AIDS Day, observed every Dec. 1 since 1988. The memorial — an 18-foot white steel canopy built in 2016…

Trump wants to revoke legal status of refugees already admitted

The Trump administration plans to review and possibly revoke the legal status of refugees resettled in the U.S. during Joe Biden’s presidency. The order affects more than 200,000 refugees who entered the country legally between Jan. 20, 2021, and Feb….

Six insights I learned from women in ministry

“What is your story of serving as a woman in ministry?” We asked this question to nearly 100 women ordained by Baptist churches in Atlantic Canada over the past 50 years as part of the Called to Serve research project. Their responses surprised,…

How Orthodoxy almost drew me in

On The New York Times website recently, Ruth Graham wrote about the surge of converts to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, driven heavily by young, conservative men who crave the grounding in tradition it provides. I was immediately struck by the resonances…

Hispanic voters turning more sour on Trump, Pew says

The much-discussed Hispanic turn in support of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race is fading, according to new polling from Pew Research. In earlier data, Pew reported Hispanic voters were divided in 2024, “a major shift from 2020 and…

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit