Essay: Why this Baptist pastor signed up his church for a Paycheck Protection Program loan
US Baptist pastor RYAN BURGE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, talks about why his church has signed up to a government loan scheme…
Montenegro’s Prime Minister and Bishop discuss religious tensions
Podgorica, Montenegro/Budapest, HungaryBosNewsLife The Prime Minister of Montenegro has met with the top Serbian Orthodox Church bishop in the Balkan nation to defuse mounting tensions over a new law on religious rights. Their meeting follows widespread protests against the legislation. Montenegro’s Prime Minister Dusko Markovic and Bishop Amfilohije, who leads the Serbian Orthodox Church in […]
ESSAY: US DEATH PENALTY DECISION ANSWERS LINGERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW BARR’S FAITH AFFECTS HIS POLITICS
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US academic and author CHARLES C CAMOSY reflects on US Attorney-General William Barr’s recent announcement that federal executions would resume in the US…
WELFARE
Did you know that 100 years ago few people would have got any government welfare? Welfare is a very recent phenomenon. The church has played a key role in healthcare and education provision, says Paul Clark. Pictured in Bath Abbey. PICTURE: Elizabeth Jamieson/Unsplash For most of history, kings and rulers taxed! Mainly because they were better […]
POSTCARDS: IN REMOTE APPALACHIA, LIBERAL CHRISTIANS GATHER AT WILD GOOSE TO PRAY – AND PLAN
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports from the recent Wild Goose Festival in the US…
Pentecostal pastors vow to fight proposed Uganda church regulations in court
Kampala, UgandaRNS Pentecostal pastor Amos Mugabi used fighting words recently when talking to hundreds of congregants about a proposed government policy he believes is threatening thousands of churches’ existence. “Satan is fighting the church,” prayed Mugabi. “The government wants to stop the church from spreading the good news of Christ, and we’ll not let that […]
FRENCH PROTESTS: “YELLOW VEST” PROTESTS TEST ENGLISH-SPEAKING CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PARIS
TOM HENEGAN reports from Paris…
ESSAY: HOW WOULD BRETT KAVANAUGH RULE IN US SUPREME COURT RELIGION CASES?
MARK SILK, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on cases involving religion…
ESSAY: HOW DOES US CONGRESS HAVE CHAPLAINS WITHOUT VIOLATING THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE?
In an article first published on The Conversation, US scholars WENDY CADGE and LAURA R OLSON – following the controversy over the resignation of House chaplain Patrick Conroy – explain when the tradition of legislative prayer was started and how it has sustained…
Controversy erupts over Bible in Okinawa US naval hospital display
RNS US Navy officials are investigating complaints about the placement of a Bible in a public display about POW/MIAs at the US Naval Hospital Okinawa, the service’s largest overseas medical facility. The investigation, opened Friday, follows the filing of a complaint by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a non-profit established to promote religious freedom in the US […]