Presbyterian Church in America cancels anti-polarisation panel with David French for being too polarising
United States RNS The Presbyterian Church in America cancelled a recently announced panel on helping pastors deal with polarisation – saying the topic was too divisive. “The concerns that have been raised about the seminar and its topic have been so significant that it seems wisest for the peace and unity of the church not […]
Sight-Seeing: For too many Christians, the lines between dominionism, nationalism and fascism are blurred
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says an old social experiment sheds light on how easy it is to manipulate people’s moral compasses…
Push for reform: Tennessee’s God and guns culture under fire as protests mount in Capitol
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that hundreds of protesters rallied at the Tennessee Capitol this week amid calls for red flag laws and other reforms in the wake of the state’s deadliest school shooting…
SBC leader Russell Moore to Trump: Time to leave. “People are dead”
RNS Russell Moore, head ethicist for the country’s largest Protestant denomination, called on Donald Trump to resign as president after Wednesday’s mob attack on the US Capitol. “Mr President, people are dead,” Moore tweeted on Friday after Trump boasted on social media about the “great American Patriots” that voted for him. “The Capitol is ransacked. There are 12 dangerous […]
US evangelical leader Beth Moore trends on Twitter after calling Trumpism “seductive and dangerous”
RNS As supporters of US President Donald Trump’s allegations of voter fraud have persisted in questioning the results of the election five weeks since it was called for Joe Biden, some evangelical leaders have had enough. Karen Swallow Prior, an evangelical author and professor, tweeted on Friday that she was ashamed to have voted for local and […]