ESSAY: POMPEO’S ‘CHRISTIAN LEADER’ SPEECH GOES ONLY AS FAR AS TRUMP ALLOWS
ERIC ATCHESON, author and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister, grapples with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent speech to the American Association of Christian Counselors and how his words on Christian leadership stack up…
CATHOLIC CHURCH: OPPOSITION TO AMAZON SYNOD SPURS NEW RIGHT-WING COALITION IN BRAZIL
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, of Religion News Service, reports from Brazil ahead of the Vatican’s Amazon synod which starts this Sunday…
ESSAY: WHO’S AN EVANGELICAL AND WHO GETS TO DECIDE?
US author THOMAS S KIDD, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what defines an evangelical…
Relevant magazine founder “stepping away” from role
RNS The founder and CEO of Relevant magazine is “stepping away” from the evangelical Christian publication just days after several former staffers raised concerns about his past behavior, which they described as racially insensitive and toxic. Relevant founder Cameron Strang announced his leave of absence in a post published on the magazine’s website on Monday afternoon. He […]
ESSAY: WHY CHRISTIANS MUST SUPPORT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE
TONY PERKINS, chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and president of the Family Research Council, says religious freedom is under attack around the world “like never before”…
LIFESTORY: CANADA’S DREW MARSHALL, “RAW AND REAL” CHRISTIAN RADIO HOST, ENDS HIS 16 YEAR RUN
JOHN LONGHURST, writing for Religion News Service, speaks with Canadian radio host Drew Marshall…
Rachel Held Evans, US Christian writer of honesty and humour, dies at age 37
RNS Rachel Held Evans, a popular progressive Christian writer and speaker, died Saturday morning at age 37 after a brief illness. Evans had been in a medically induced coma for several weeks and never returned to an alert state. Author Rachel Held Evans. Writer and collaborator Sarah Bessey tweeted that Evans was surrounded by close friends and […]
SIGHT-SEEING: WHY I MADE THE “BIBLE BELT” MY MISSION FIELD
In an article first published on Religion News Service, US pastor DEAN INSERRA – in an adapted excerpt from his book The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel – explains why he felt called to minister in the US “Bible Belt”…
LIFESTORY: RICK CHRISTIAN LEAVES LITERARY AGENCY THAT TRANSFORMED US CHRISTIAN PUBLISHING
STEVE RABEY, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at how Rick Christian transformed the way Christian books are sold…
UK: RED LETTER CHRISTIANS GEAR UP FOR BRITISH LAUNCH
ROSIE DAWSON, of Religion News Service, reports from London…