Church and politics: Some critics see Trump’s behaviour as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero
DAVID CRARY, of Associated Press, reports on the continuing appeal of the former President to many evangelical and conservative Christians in the US…
Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors
New Orleans, USAP The Southern Baptist Convention has refused to welcome Saddleback Church back into its fold, rejecting an appeal by the California megachurch over its February ouster for having women pastors. Southern Baptist church representatives at their annual meeting here also rejected a similar appeal by a smaller church, Fern Creek Baptist of Louisville, Kentucky, which is led by a […]
As Trump launches new presidential bid, will former faith advisers back him?
Washington DC, USRNS When Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection bid in Orlando, Florida, three years ago, the event was riddled with faith-speak. Both Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly referenced God, arguing the Almighty had blessed America. Trump’s closest evangelical adviser, Florida pastor Paula White-Cain, opened up the event with a passionate invocation in which she insisted […]
US midterms: Christian voter trends reinforced on abortion, GOP
DAVID CRARY, PETER SMITH and NUHA DOLBY, of Associated Press, report on what the data shows about evangelical and Catholic voter trends…
Essay: What the Bible really says about loan forgiveness
ROGER S NAM, a former financial analyst who is now professor of Hebrew Bible at Candler School of Theology, writes about why Biblical texts “should not be proof-texted to support contrary opinions” on the US student debt relief proposal announced this week…
Alabama pastor Ed Litton, known for racial reconciliation work, joins SBC presidential race
RNS Rev Ed Litton, an Alabama pastor known for his work on racial reconciliation, will be nominated for president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer. Litton enters an increasingly crowded field for SBC president, joining Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler, Georgia pastor Mike Stone and Randy Adams, executive director of the Northwest […]
Pandemic inoculations: COVID vaccines are moral to use, say US ethicists, Catholic bishops
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Nick Challies, son of well-known US evangelical blogger, dies at college
RNS Nick Challies, 20-year-old son of the evangelical blogger and author Tim Challies, has died. “In all the years I’ve been writing I have never had to type words more difficult, more devastating than these,” the elder Challies wrote in a blog post on Wednesday morning. “Yesterday the Lord called my son to himself – my dear […]
Liberty University announces investigation into Falwell’s tenure
Richmond, Virginia, USAP Liberty University is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell, Jr’s, tenure as president, a wide-ranging inquiry that will include financial, real estate and legal matters, the evangelical school’s board announced Monday. In a statement, the board said it had retained an outside firm to investigate “all facets” of the school’s operations […]
Mohler, prominent Southern Baptist, will be nominated to lead denomination
RNS There are seven more months before the next annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. But the race for SBC president may already be over, following news that R Albert Mohler, Jr, will likely be nominated to run as the denomination’s next president. R Albert Mohler, Jr, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, speaks […]