US conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid
United States RNS Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Saturday, clearing the way for the measures to go to the Senate. Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious […]
Conservative Christians praise Trump’s anti-abortion record but say he’s stopped short of the goal
United States AP For conservative, anti-abortion Christians, former President Donald Trump delivered in four years what no other Republican before him had been able to do: A conservative majority US Supreme Court that would go on to overturn Roe v Wade, a Holy Grail of the movement. With abortion rights now controlled by each state, rather than […]
US-Mexico border: Many Christian voters in US see immigration as a crisis. How to address it is where they differ.
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the differing stances among US Christians on the issue of immigration…
US election: In Iowa and beyond, evangelical Christian voters follow their party more than their faith
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
In the US, SBC official Brent Leatherwood urges Tennessee lawmakers to pass red flag law
United StatesRNS In late March, Brent Leatherwood got what he called “the most terrifying call a parent could imagine.” There was a shooter at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, where his three children attend. His children survived the attack. Three of their schoolmates did not. Three of the staff at the school were also killed. Brent […]
In the US, Brent Leatherwood, new ERLC president, says he won’t tell Christians how to vote
United StatesRNS The new chief ethicist for the Southern Baptist Convention hopes his fellow Southern Baptists will vote in the upcoming mid-term elections in ways “that protect life, that protect religious liberty, that protect marriage.” But in the end, he said, it’s up to each person to vote the way they see best. “I will […]
Cruel or harmless? US pastors mixed on Republican migrant transports
United StatesAP As Republican governors ramp up their high-profile transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders – many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections. Some depict the actions as inhumanely exploiting vulnerable people for political ends, while others say […]