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Service at Emanuel marks transition to normalcy, worship

In a well-attended Sunday morning worship service at Emanuel AME Church that felt like a purposeful return to normalcy, the Rev. Betty Deas Clark importuned her listeners to trust that the Lord will relieve burdens and provide comfort.

U.S. religious leaders reexamine words after Orlando gay club massacre

Church leaders are reckoning with religious views often hostile to homosexuality after a gunman killed 49 people at a gay nightclub, with some wondering if they are contributing to breeding contempt.

An anomaly in the pulpit

“What’s in a name?” the guest preacher asked as the sermon began. The message was taken from the Lukan account of the Gerasene man suffering from demon possession, the man who was called Legion. The reverend addressed the biblical significance…

Neither coronation nor inquisition expected when Trump meets evangelicals

A closed-door meeting between presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and conservative Christians from across the country is being billed as a “conversation.”

Why conservatives won’t identify the Orlando shooting victims as LGBTQ+

There has been a concerted effort from conservative politicians, religious groups, celebrities, and even the media to erase LGBT people from the story.

Minister in Orlando church finds herself at center of response to shootings

Megan Currie was set to preach her first Sunday sermon June 12 at Joy Metropolitan Community Church in Orlando, where she is serving as a summer intern. But a gunman’s murderous rampage, just over a mile away, kept her out…

President denies Liberian seminary is for sale

The president of Liberia Baptist Theological Seminary is disputing reports on the Internet that long-respected school is up for sale. A labor court judge issued a writ of execution June 8 ordering sale of the property to raise money owed…

Year-old Laudato Si’ has stirred up action for Earth

Last year’s arrival of Pope Francis’ encyclical on “Care for Our Common Home” marked a significant moment as the Catholic church substantially entered the realm of environmental concern.

Muslim leaders: ‘We will not allow the extremists to define us’

More than 200 Muslims, including dozens of American imams and scholars, have issued a joint statement condemning the attacks on a gay night club in Orlando on Sunday that killed 49 people.

A year after the Charleston church shooting, what has changed?

In the wake of the shooting at Emanuel, congregations in the AME and other black churches have ratcheted up security — installing cameras and, in some cases, posting armed ushers. Officers sometimes sit in on Bible study.

Advocates fault new SBC president’s record on child sex abuse

Advocates for survivors of clergy sex abuse say they are disappointed the Southern Baptist Convention has elected a new president once accused of shielding a child molester. “We’re disappointed that the Southern Baptist Convention just elected Bellevue Baptist pastor Steve Gaines…

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’