ESSAY: JUST LIKE POLITICAL PARTIES, RELIGIOUS GROUPS SEE THEIR RIVALS AS EXTREMIST
Co-founder of Religion in Public, RYAN BURGE looks at what research shows about the nexus between religion and politics in the US…
New Zealanders trust Buddhists most, evangelical Christians least, survey finds
New Zealanders trust Buddhists the most and evangelical Christians the least according to the findings of a new survey conducted a month after the Christchurch shootings in March. The online survey of 1,000 New Zealanders, carried out for researchers at the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, asked them how much […]
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 […]
ESSAY: THERE ARE NO REAL EVANGELICALS. ONLY IMAGINED ONES
US history professor KRISTIN KOBES DU MEZ, in an article published by Religion News Service, writes about the, at times fraught, debate over the meaning of the word ‘evangelical’…
At US summit, prominent evangelicals share stories of sexual abuse
Wheaton, Illinois, US RNS For popular Bible teacher Beth Moore, the church always has been a safe harbour. That was especially true when she was growing up. Church was a place where she could escape from the sexual abuse she experienced at home, she said. Jenny Hwang, from left, Tammy Schultz, Nancy Nealious and Ed […]
How white evangelicals are outliers among US faith groups
RNS A new poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute and The Atlantic shows that when it comes to politics, white evangelical Christians stand apart from every other religious group. The poll found that 61 per cent of evangelicals say the United States is headed in the right direction. By comparison, 64 per cent of the […]
US POLITICS: WHY WHITE EVANGELICALS VOTED FOR TRUMP
In a short interview first published on Religion News Service, JANA RIESS speaks to historian John Fea about his new book, ‘Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump’…
Eritrea frees jailed evangelical pastor after 11 years
BosNewsLife Eritrean Pastor Oqbamichel Haimanot, who was jailed for participating in a Christian wedding and leading “outlawed” evangelical churches, has been released after 11 years behind bars, his supporters have told BosNewsLife. The frail evangelical pastor was first jailed in 2003 for several weeks, according to Christians with close knowledge about the situation. Haimanot was […]
US Protestant churchgoers say gifts to charity, needy count as tithing
RNS Most US Protestant churchgoers believe that giving 10 per cent of their income is a Biblical requirement they should follow but they define the practice of tithing in a variety of ways, a new survey shows. About half say they can give their tithes to a Christian ministry instead of a church. One in […]
Sudan government demolishes church despite pending appeal
World Watch Monitor The demolished Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church in Haj Yousif. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor A church belonging to the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church (SPEC) denomination in the Khartoum suburb of Haj Yousif was demolished on Sunday. The police arrived with three lorries shortly after the Sunday morning service and confiscated furniture, Bibles and […]