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…
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…
Nixed USAID Scholarship Helped Christian Students Escape War
Mang Tha Par had just left war-stricken Myanmar and was still getting used to life in Thailand last December when tensions arose between her and her family members back home. Emotional distress prompted her to seek counseling.
White House misjudged support for USAID, Sojourners leader says
The White House grossly misjudged in assuming most Americans would be OK with eliminating the U.S. Agency for International Development and most foreign assistance programs, Sojourners President Adam Russell Taylor said. Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency made…
Trump has enacted one-third of Project 2025 agenda he disavowed
In his Tuesday speech to Congress, President Donald Trump praised his own “swift and unrelenting action” on 100 executive orders and 400 executive actions, many of them based on Project 2025, an unpopular conservative blueprint he disavowed and claimed ignorance…
Repent, for the kingdom of God is near
For too long, we have given deference to those of you who have supported and enabled Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. We have feared losing relationships, losing family, offending friends, dividing churches. We’ve bristled when you’ve accused us of…
Jesus fed the 5,000, but the people of God can’t fill the chasm left by USAID
I have a day job that has nothing to do with feeding people. I’m a missionary trauma surgeon, training Christian Malawian doctors to become surgeons. In Malawi, a country of 21 million people, there’s roughly one surgeon for half a…
America has walked away from the battle for international goodwill
Imagine for a moment that you’re cleaning your couch and as you clean you find an assortment of coins that add up to a dollar. As you count the coins, consider these coins as a reflection of the federal budget….
89% of Americans disagree with Trump cutting off US foreign aid
The disruption of U.S. overseas aid operations is placing the Trump administration at odds with a growing majority of the American public, according to a new survey by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation. The Feb. 6-7 study…
Are religious charities under Trump and Musk’s knife?
Christian charities are waiting cautiously to see how the White House’s recent anti-aid priorities are going to affect their organizations serving millions of people across the world. The first few weeks of the Trump administration already have seen tensions flare…
Catholic newspaper calls out Trump’s ‘unprecedented cruelty’
If President Donald Trump is going to “protect” Christianity, the editorial staff of the National Catholic Reporter isn’t feeling the love. The flagship independent publication of American Catholics published a scathing editorial about Trump’s policies Feb. 6, calling out “the…