Refugee data on religion disappears as fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US
RNS The US State Department no longer is making publicly available a number of statistics about refugees admitted into the United States, including their religious affiliation. A spokesperson for the department cited two main reasons for the changes, which took place Friday: the development of a new information technology system, which won’t be completed until […]
US election: White evangelicals hope to keep changing Texas red for Trump
As Texans start heading to the polls, ELLEN KNICKMEYER, of the Associated Press, reports on how white evangelical churches across Texas are fighting to keep US President Donald Trump in power…
In the US, flagship Southern Baptist seminary votes to retain slaveholders’ names on buildings
RNS The flagship seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention decided on Monday to maintain the names of campus buildings named for school founders who had connections to slavery. At the same meeting, the trustees of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary created a multimillion-dollar scholarship fund for African American students. “We’re not going to erase our history […]
Essay: How coronavirus has changed the way we work – and the implications for Christian organisations
KARA MARTIN, the author of ‘Workship’, takes a look at how the coronavirus has impacted the way we work – now and in the future – and implications for Christian organisations…