This is the ninth in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol McEntyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church of...
The Christian startup Alabaster expects to sell nearly $1 million worth of religious books this year.
The increased reliance on web-based research for public opinion surveys is raising questions about the relevance of long-accepted political and social trends documented in decades of telephone polling. As a result, some religious leaders may wonder if it’s possible that…
Wealthy parents caught up in a $25 million college admissions cheating scandal dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues” got a tax write-off for bribes allegedly funneled through the same type of non-profit organization that allows individuals to avoid paying taxes on money they give to their church.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES David Crocker, to First Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tenn., as interim pastor. Autumn Culbreth, to First Baptist Church,…
Lent is the season for paying attention. Compassion is the work of seeing, of making invisible people visible.
A consultant for CNN and veteran D.C. insider who has spoken publicly about his Catholic faith says he is giving up Twitter for Lent.
As the Catholic church responds to more allegations of sexual abuse of young people by priests, an increasing percentage of Catholics are re-examining their commitment to the religion.
As director of advancement and Global Impact Churches, Philip Nation will cultivate donor relationships and oversee a comprehensive fund-raising program, the Falls Church, Virginia,-based BWA announced March 12.
On the night of Ash Wednesday, somebody sitting at the bar yelled out, “Hey! You got something black on your face!” Without thinking, I yelled back, “Hey! It’s my skin!”
The influential Riverside Church in New York City is honing in on topics that progressive Christians sometimes gloss over.
Two former White House officials discussed how religion has played a part in contributing to the country’s political climate in a recent “Religion and Polarized Politics” event co-sponsored by the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics.
Barbara Brown Taylor writes about how teaching the different religions changed her students’ understanding of faith — as well as her own — in her new memoir, Holy Envy. She says the name of the book comes from her own…
