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The powerful religious closing to the DNC

With the crowd cheering, balloons falling and television pundits starting to praise Kamala Harris for her Thursday night speech accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, the Democratic National Convention program still had another agenda item. Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt and…

It’s time for the prophets among us to stand up and speak out

I was recently with a group of pastors and laity from The United Methodist Church (the denomination I’m a part of). There, I lamented the fact that some pastors are afraid of addressing things like Christian nationalism within their congregations….

Deconstructing God as king

As Donald Trump criticizes Kamala Harris for supposedly “turning Black,” laughing too expressively or creating AI-generated crowds, his poll numbers are slipping. Therefore, many of his political advisers are urging him to focus on policies. One of the most common…

New film resurrects an old question: What kind of Christian was Reagan?

In an election year in which Ronald Reagan could not be elected by his own Republican Party, some evangelicals have made a movie portraying America’s 40th president as a Christian saint. Prior to the cultic adulation of the Trump era,…

Here’s the data to show why Trump’s migrant numbers are lies

A nonpartisan immigration think tank has issued a report challenging misleading and false claims about immigrants prevalent in the presidential campaign season, including the frequent lie that up 20 million undocumented people live in the U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump…

Faith leaders want Missouri Supreme Court to overturn abortion ban

More than a dozen faith leaders are urging the Missouri Supreme Court to strike down the state’s near-total abortion ban as a violation of church-state separation. The plaintiffs in Rev. Traci Blackmon v. State of Missouri recently filed a notice…

New podcast episode explores right-left shift of SBC and CBF

A new episode of BNG’s podcast series “Stuck in the Middle with You” published Aug. 29 focuses on the widening rift between the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. BNG Executive Director Mark Wingfield, speaking with cohost Benjamin…

UMC bishop clarifies threat of Global Methodist Church agitators in Nigeria

New details have recast the apparent immigration detention of United Methodist Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa in Nigeria as a security measure to protect the cleric rather than arrest him over a visa conflict. Initial reports from Nigeria claimed the bishop…

Evangelical group seeks to pull abortion access initiative from Missouri ballot

An evangelical legal advocacy group wants to stop Missourians from being able to vote whether to enshrine abortion rights into state law. The Thomas More Society on Aug. 22 filed its legal effort to stop Amendment 3 from appearing on…

About Gen Z and the election: Understand the importance of gender and diversity

Gauging the potential influence of Generation Z on the November election requires an understanding of the importance young Americans place on gender and diversity, said Melissa Deckman, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute. “It’s really, really critical,” she said during…

‘Unarmed truth and unconditional love’ will prevail over pharisaical fallacy

During my brief time in office, a fringe group of radical Islamic extremists pushed for various state legislatures to enact bills that would enforce Sharia Law. I signed a petition against it. Today, a fringe group of radical Christian extremists…

A Christian call to confront the silence of the Gaza genocide

In our age of advanced technology, where global connections are just a click away, a desperate cry echoes from the Gaza Strip — a cry from a land enduring the weight of more than 57 years of Israeli occupation and…

PNBC plans ‘Freedom Sunday’ this weekend

Christian nationalism is neither Christian nor patriotic

High court says feds can deny reentry to Green Card holders

BNG introduces ‘Bible Divas’ podcast