James Talarico isn’t the only Democratic candidate making faith a calling card of his campaign this year. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed will face Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Aug. 4. In a fundraising letter this week,...
Evangelical Christianity, as we have known it, is changing. While old guard evangelical leaders are vocally supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump for president, there is a groundswell of opposition from within evangelicals.
A White House advisory panel report released Oct. 27 said that in order to fight poverty, the United States must acknowledge and address disparities and unequal treatment — economically, socially and politically — that face communities of color. The White House Advisory…
What if Christians in America have lost the war against cultural changes they feel do not reflect their biblical standards? They might look to Christians in Canada who realized a decade ago that they lost the culture war there and…
Evangelicals at the school are tired of politics — and the party that gave them Trump.
One of evangelical women’s favorite authors loses her place in one of America’s largest Christian chains.
The former director of Baptist World Aid has a new job with American Baptist Home Mission Societies. ABHMS Executive Director Jeffrey Haggray announced Oct. 26 the hiring of Rothangliani Chhangte as special assistant to the executive director for strategic priorities and…
The book of Ecclesiastes tells us there is nothing new under the sun. Well, I say Ecclesiastes was wrong. Recently, I heard about a notion that is not only new under our sun, but frankly, new under any star or…
Soontorn Inthayok is a day laborer and part-time guard, serving as the primary wage earner for his family in Northern Thailand. The 49-year-old provides for his older sister, who is mentally disabled, and for his son, who is attending technical…
The head of the National Council of Churches applauded a symbolic non-vote on a perennial U.N. resolution as a step forward in normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba. The U.N. General Assembly has previously adopted 25 resolutions calling…
Ministry in a local jail combined with an intensive educational program in addiction and recovery opened a minister’s eyes to the needs of an ignored population.
Restorers working in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Israel uncover a stone slab venerated as the resting place of Jesus Christ.
Comments about abortion in the final U.S. presidential debate prompted a well-known pastor and columnist to break her silence about her own painful experience with late-term abortion. Amy Butler, pastor of Riverside Church in New York City and contributing columnist…
