The nation is at a political and moral crossroads with the fate of its most vulnerable communities hanging in the balance, according to Vashti McKenzie, president and general secretary of the National Council of Churches. McKenzie participated in a recent…
This White House ‘don’t know much about history’
Karoline Leavitt, President Donald Trump’s press secretary, opened a bit of a “gotcha” war with European Parliament member Raphael Glucksmann over the Statue of Liberty. Leavitt, no doubt, has an impossible job. She is the front woman for Trump, Elon…
For whatever evangelicals sow, that will they also reap
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its march through the federal government after two months of chaos, and Christian organizations are beginning to feel the heat. On March 10, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that 83% of…
Samaritan’s Purse gets $19 million back payment from USAID
Samaritan’s Purse has received $19 million in previously frozen USAID funds, Ministry Watch reported March 19. The faith-based relief agency led by Franklin Graham — one of President Donald Trump’s most vocal supporters — is among the many global nonprofits…
Here’s one way to do something and not remain silent
“Engage in speaking the truth, so that we do not mislead anyone by our silence.” — Book of Common Prayer During the presidential prayer service at Washington National Cathedral for the beginning of Donald Trump’s new term, Bishop Mariann Budde…
The dirty chess game that motivates Trump’s yo-yo tariffs
On Sep. 27, 2024, at a rally in Michigan, Donald Trump said: “In the 1890s, our country was probably the wealthiest it ever was because it was a system of tariffs. We had a president, you know, McKinley.” Although his…
Two views of government as a Christian concern
Two months into Donald Trump’s second term as president, not a day has passed without news headlines of multiple controversial efforts of his administration to reshape the institutions of American government. Team members of the newly created Department of Government…
Trump administration accuses Habitat for Humanity of fraud
Habitat for Humanity is among nonprofits the Trump administration claims benefited from “programmatic fraud, waste and abuse” through a climate action fund authorized by Congress. Not only has Trump shut down the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the Environmental Protection Agency…
Musk says Stalin, Mao and Hitler ‘didn’t murder millions of people’
The billionaire whose “efficiency” actions are killing and harming children and adults across the world now says Adolf Hitler and other dictators of the 20th century didn’t actually murder millions of people. Last Thursday, Elon Musk reposted on X: “Stalin,…
Among Christian ministries, two opposing views of Trump’s sudden, chaotic aid cuts
Evangelicals were essential in reelecting Donald Trump. Now, his sudden and drastic cuts to aid programs are forcing some evangelical nonprofits to end work and fire personnel, while Focus on the Family and other conservative groups praise the aid cuts…
Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act challenged by civil liberties groups
President Donald Trump’s attempt to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport certain Venezuelan immigrants was met by an immediate legal challenge, a court order barring the action and a reported violation of the ruling by the administration. The centuries-old…
Trump administration busy institutionalizing January 6 falsehoods
Donald Trump continues to falsely claim he won the 2020 election and his supporters who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, are “patriots.” Now he’s institutionalizing these falsehoods. Trump is busily rewriting history and using the power of the…