Audrey Luhmann, mother of eight, patrols courthouses, responds to community alerts, gathers supplies for immigrants and cares for her family.
Pro-Palestinian interfaith coalition protests Christian Zionist summit
Interfaith Action for Palestine gathered around 200 people to protest Christians United for Israel and US military support for Israel.
Between July 4 and Nov. 3, faith leaders seek fair access to the voting booth
Four months before the midterm elections, Minnesota faith leaders who previously have protested against federal immigration agents have unveiled a multistate initiative to ensure fair elections.
The July 4 white supremacist march exposes an uncomfortable truth about our country
It should be a contradiction that the Confederate flag was marched alongside the Betsy Ross flag through the streets near the U.S. Capitol on Independence Day.
A Christian nation? At 250, America is still fighting over what that means
Scholars say American history is more Christian than secular advocates claim — and less religious than Christian nationalists would assert. A look at the complicated, contested history of America as a Christian nation.
Catholic military archbishop calls ‘intentional killing of noncombatants’ illegal and immoral
Archbishop Timothy Broglio called on political and military leaders ‘to respect the consciences of those who raise their right hands to defend and protect the Constitution by not asking them to engage in immoral actions.’
African Christian leaders and health nonprofits seek to fill gaps after USAID cuts
The leaders from 10 countries on the continent called for more local funding to restore essential resources to fight malaria, HIV and tuberculosis.
The chaos of Charlotte and the call to radical neighborliness
There is a force even greater than masked men with guns, and that is neighbors remembering we belong to one another.
Liberty University and former President Falwell settle ‘all outstanding disputes’
Liberty University and its former President Jerry Falwell Jr. have ended their ongoing battle, “settling all outstanding disputes on both legal and personal matters,” according to a statement released by the Lynchburg, Va.-based school. The fight between Falwell and Liberty…
Beth Moore and a lost Southern Baptist Convention
Religion News Service reporter Bob Smietana broke the story this week that famous Bible study leader Beth Moore is leaving the Southern Baptist Convention and ending the mutually lucrative publishing relationship with their Lifeway group. She claimed that the SBC…
How Dave Ramsey responded to a story about being a bully by bullying the reporter who wrote it
Veteran religion reporter Bob Smietana of Religion News Service set out to get comments on allegations of employee dissatisfaction at Christian financial guru Dave Ramsey’s company. What he got in return was a sarcastic email from the company, copied to…
White Christians at ‘a moment of reckoning,’ author says
Jefferson Davis’ statue coming down in Richmond, Va., and Walmart refusing to fly the Mississippi state flag because of its Confederate emblem are powerful signs the movement against white supremacy is taking hold, Robert P. Jones said during an online discussion hosted June 26 by the BJC.