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Evangelical scientist nominated to head national agency. Francis Collins, the researcher who mapped the human genome and navigated clashes between his Christian faith and science, has been nominated by President Obama to lead the National Institutes of Health. An atheist…

Baptist Extension Board expands loan policy to assist churches struggling in flat economy

RICHMOND — Virginia Baptist churches which are struggling with financial shortfalls may find some relief as a result of a new policy adopted July 24 by the Baptist Extension Board. For the first time, the Extension Board is offering loans…

Episcopal presiding bishop terms individualistic salvation ‘heresy’ and ‘idolatry’

ANAHEIM, Calif. (ABP) — The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church called the evangelical teaching that individuals can be right with God a “great Western heresy” that is behind many problems facing the church and the wider society. Presiding Bishop…

Christian schools report more closures, see increased drops in enrollment

A Colorado-based organization of Christian schools is reporting that more than 200 schools closed or merged in its last fiscal year. As of June 30, 186 schools had closed and 16 had merged, according to the Association of Christian Schools…

White House advisory council maps out faith-based plans

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Members of a new White House advisory council have mapped out plans to link government and religious groups, from interfaith service projects to regional town halls on fatherhood. Eboo Patel, founder of Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core, said…

Good Samaritan series hopes to kick-start Christian action

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — The camera follows Steve Jones as he walks along an alley in Grand Rapids, Mich., just as he did one early December morning singing “O Holy Night.” He came upon a man sleeping in the…

FAITH SHAPERS: Teaching positive behaviors

Welcome back from our trip to Bizarro World. Hopefully our tongue-in-cheek discussion of Bizarro parenting helped us all to see the unintended consequences of many parenting decisions. Now I’d like for us to return our focus to building virtues. Don’t…

OUT LOUD

“I’ve just taken it in stride. In some cases, being a person of my faith will sometimes even open a door. Other times it will shut a door. You just deal with it.” Keith Ellison The congressman from Minnesota was…

SECOND OPINION: Truly valuing freedom of conscience

Moderate Baptists have distinguished themselves from their more conservative and fundamentalist brothers and sisters for a generation through their elevation of freedom of conscience to a near-absolute good. While the conservatives who came to dominate the Southern Baptist Convention increasingly…

What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear

FAITH DIGEST

Baptist Extension Board expands loan policy to assist churches struggling in flat economy

Episcopal presiding bishop terms individualistic salvation ‘heresy’ and ‘idolatry’

Christian schools report more closures, see increased drops in enrollment

White House advisory council maps out faith-based plans

Good Samaritan series hopes to kick-start Christian action

FAITH SHAPERS: Teaching positive behaviors

OUT LOUD

SECOND OPINION: Truly valuing freedom of conscience

HERITAGE: Under the shade trees

BC to open newest residence hall in August

Leesburg couple faces harrowing experience as hostages in their own home

Pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel symbols to be banned after British government backs NHS antisemitism reforms

Catholic Archdiocese Fires Prominent Exorcist After Unexpected Claim About Demons

Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives

Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride

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What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear