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…
Lifestory: Nightbirde, who shared music, message of hope on ‘America’s Got Talent’, dies at 31
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports that the singer, a Liberty University graduate who moved many viewers with her faith in the face of a terminal cancer diagnosis, withdrew from ‘America’s Got Talent’ as her health declined…
Rush Limbaugh, who shaped conservative Christian politics on the radio, has died
RNS Rush Limbaugh, the bombastic and popular radio host who shaped conservative politics for decades, has died. Limbaugh, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2020, was 70. This 5th November, 2018 file photo shows radio personality Rush Limbaugh introducing President Donald Trump at the start of a campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Limbaugh, the talk radio […]
Sony Pictures to acquire evangelical Christian streaming service Pure Flix
RNS Sony Pictures announced Thursday it is purchasing Pure Flix’s evangelical Christian video-streaming service launched in 2015 as a family-friendly competitor to Netflix. The streaming service will become part of Sony’s Affirm Entertainment, which also includes Affirm Films, the division responsible for popular faith-based films like Miracles From Heaven, War Room and last year’s Overcomer. Screenshot […]
Israel orders US-based Christian TV channel off air
Jerusalem, IsraelAP Israeli regulators on Sunday announced they ordered a US-based evangelical broadcaster taken off the air, saying the channel hid its missionary agenda when it applied for a license. In his decision, Asher Biton, the chairman of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, said he had informed GOD TV on Thursday that it had […]
Mitt Romney joins thousands of evangelicals marching against racial injustice in DC
Washington DC, US RNS Utah Senator and former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney joined demonstrators against racial injustice on Sunday in a march to the US Capitol that was organized by evangelical Christian activists, telling reporters he was attending the demonstration to help “end brutality” before adding, “Black lives matter”. Romney, a member of the Church of […]
GOD TV spat exposes tensions between Israel, evangelicals
Jerusalem, IsraelAP An evangelical broadcaster who boasted of miraculously securing a TV license in Israel now risks being taken off the air over suspicions of trying to convert Jews to Christianity. The controversy over GOD TV has put both Israel and its evangelical Christian supporters in an awkward position, exposing tensions the two sides have […]
ESSAY: TRUMP OR NO TRUMP, US EVANGELICALS AREN’T CUSTODIANS OF THE WORLD”S GOSPEL WITNESS
Against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump’s visit to India this week, Rev JOSEPH D’SOUZA, president of the All India Christian Council, says the voice of Christians from the “global south” has been overlooked in the debates over the President…
ESSAY: EVANGELICALS – BEMOANING DUKE’S YOUNG LIFE DECISION IS NOT ENOUGH
In an article first published on Religion News Service, KEVIN SINGER, co-director of US group Neighborly Faith, looks at some wider issues in light of Duke University’s student government recent decision to deny evangelical group Young Life official status on campus…
AMAZON FIRES: HOW BLAZES ARE DEEPENING A SPLIT BETWEEN BRAZIL’S EVANGELICALS AND FELLOW CHRISTIANS
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, of Religion News Service, reports…