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Poll says 3 in 4 white evangelicals support Trump travel ban

Three in four white evangelicals support President Trump’s controversial executive order banning travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries, according to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center. The study, released Feb. 16, also found white evangelicals, who according to exit…

How pastors perceive domestic violence differently

Most pastors want their churches to be a safe haven, but don’t have a plan to get there.

Here are the churches fighting back against Trump’s immigration crackdown

Jeanette Vizguerra may be one of the first undocumented immigrants to seek this kind of refuge since Donald Trump’s election but, for months, churches have been preparing for exactly this possibility.

To bring national healing, make yourself uncomfortable

Just last week I participated in a panel of guests discussing religion and advocacy in the current political climate. This sort of experience is not that unusual for me, especially in these difficult days. What was unusual for me were…

On immigration the church cannot be silent

According to an Associated Press report, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, a mother of two in Phoenix, was arrested nearly a decade ago for using a false ID to get a job as a janitor at an amusement park. What would…

How to keep youth engaged with church and faith? Pay them.

Frustration transformed into innovation for a Washington State youth minister tired of losing young people to other activities and smartphones. His solution: pay them. It all started for Matt Overton with a growing trend of absenteeism in his youth group…

Supreme Court schedules case involving church-state dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court has set oral arguments in one of the year’s most anticipated cases involving religious liberty and the separation of church and state. Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley, set for arguments April 19, involves a Missouri church…

Don’t dismiss President Trump’s attacks on the media as mere stupidity

Some of you may have noticed that we’re living through a period in which the executive branch of government is engaged in a systematic effort to create a climate of opinion against the news business.

Challenging the narrative: How race complicates the latest LifeWay debate

Black Southern Baptists weigh in on the issues around removing Sho Baraka’s album.

Survey: 76% of ‘White Evangelical Protestants’ agree with the President’s refugee ban

Most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s executive order to temporarily stop refugees from entering the U.S. There’s a huge difference, though, when it comes to Christians, especially those who self-identify as evangelical.

Is your church making you healthy or sick?

When our grandson was 10 months old, he underwent a medical emergency. His immune system was compromised and his body was under assault from an infection. He needed immediate treatment and the diagnosis called for him to receive intravenous immunoglobulin….

Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts