Argentine election: As politicians look to woo evangelicals, experts say their votes may have little impact on results
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA reports that while all sides are making efforts to engage with evangelical voters ahead of the country’s October election, the impact of such efforts – even if successful – remains uncertain…
Essay: How Jimmy Carter integrated his evangelical Christian faith into his political work, despite mockery and misunderstanding
LORI AMBER ROESSNER, scholar and author, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at how former US President Jimmy Carter’s faith shaped his life and politics…
Wow!: At Boston-area church, a theology lab tackles complex topics with humility, curiosity
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports on how one US church is attempting to give its church members – and other interested Christians – a broader understanding of their faith and the way Christianity is lived out in the world…
Brazilian election: Politicians vie for evangelical vote ahead of October presidential poll
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA reports on how the political landscape in Brazil may be changing as some evangelicals move away from supporting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro…
Nigerian herders kill 33, burn four churches days after kidnapping school children
Nairobi, Kenya RNS Barely a week after the kidnapping of nearly 140 students at a Baptist boarding school in Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna, a fresh terrorist attack in the region has left at least 33 people dead and four churches and hundreds of homes burnt down, according to Luka Binniyat, a spokesman for the […]
Evangelical asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico hold prayer vigil for the US election
RNS Among those praying for the outcome of the 2020 presidential election is a group of asylum-seekers at an encampment in Matamoros, Mexico, right across the border from Brownville, Texas. More than 200 asylum-seekers, most from Central America, held an all-night prayer vigil on Tuesday, asking God to watch over the 2020 presidential election in the United […]
Five faith facts about US Vice President Mike Pence: A ‘born-again, evangelical Catholic’
RNS Vice President Mike Pence has described himself as “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order“. That has made Pence pretty popular with conservative evangelical Christians – not just as vice president, but also as a US congressman and governor of Indiana before that. Vice President Mike Pence speaking on 24th Apri, 2019. […]
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…
POSTCARDS: UGANDAN GOVERNMENT CLOSES ALMOST 12,000 CHURCHES AND FAITH-BASED NGOs
JOHN SEMAKULA reports for Religion Unplugged from Uganda…
Religious Americans are overly pessimistic about the family, study finds
RNS Divorce has declined in America. Teen pregnancies are down. The rate of out-of-wedlock births is likely stagnant. But you might never guess that from the views of the most religious people in the United States, because they’re more likely than other Americans to believe that social ills are on the rise. Research findings from the […]