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On God and heaven, Americans are all over the map

Two-thirds of Americans believe God accepts the worship of all religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The exception: Americans with evangelical Christian beliefs, according to LifeWay Research’s 2016 State of American Theology Study.

Court strikes down Nevada voucher plan

The Nevada Supreme Court has struck down the most extensive school-choice plan in the country, finding the legislature failed to appropriate enough money to sufficiently fund the state’s public schools before implementing the voucher plan. The court rejected arguments raised…

Churchnet announces leadership change

Columbia, Mo., pastor Brian Ford has been elected executive director of Churchnet, a ministry network of churches and individuals also known as the Baptist General Convention of Missouri. Pastor of Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church in Columbia, Mo., since 2003,…

Torn over Donald Trump and cut off by culture wars, evangelicals despair

Many evangelicals say that they feel they have no genuine champion in the presidential race and that the country has turned its back on them.

Can an atheist lead a Protestant church? A battle over religion in Canada.

The Rev. Gretta Vosper’s decision to turn her church into a haven for nonbelievers “looking for a community that will help them create meaningful lives without God” has become too much even for the liberal-minded United Church of Canada.

On the 40th anniversary of Hyde, a theological defense of reproductive justice

Many reproductive justice organizations have mobilized to bring increased attention to a policy which prohibits federal funding of abortion.

BUA president resigns to accept church position

René Maciel resigned as president of Baptist University of the Américas to become community life pastor at First Baptist Church of Woodway in Waco, Texas.

See something? Say something. But only in my neighborhood.

I am a New Yorker (with a Southern accent, but nonetheless a New Yorker). Like many of us, I witnessed the planes hit the World Trade Center towers on 9/11; I lived through the anthrax scare; and I now run…

El Paso congregation seeking nones and dones who call the border home

From the outside, the nondescript building in downtown El Paso doesn’t look much like a church. But the converted gymnasium does in fact serve as home to Mesa Place Church. And Christian Gurrola may not look like a pastor to…

Uzbek Baptist fined for possessing Christian literature

A Baptist in Uzbekistan has been punished for the second time within a year for having religious books at home, according to Forum 18, an international news service based in Norway that monitors religious freedom violations. Stanislav Kim, a Baptist from…

Publisher reverses decision on ‘unchanging’ Bible translation

The publisher of the English Standard Version (ESV) Bible has reversed a highly discussed decision last month that the current text would remain unchanged in future editions. Crossway, a Christian nonprofit publisher established in 1938, said the reason for making…

Inside the religious freedom report that’s making conservatives so mad

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’s report suggests that some religious exemptions “significantly infringe” on civil rights.

An American experiment: 250 years of trying

10 reasons America is not a ‘Christian nation’

American Dominion traces deep roots of Seven Mountain Mandate

Lindsey Graham and the history of ‘widow’s succession’