Trump’s evangelical advisers back voting challenges but stop short of alleging fraud
Washington DC, USRNS President Donald Trump’s evangelical advisers are backing his challenges to the results of the 2020 election, though most stop short of joining the President’s effort to declare victory despite President-elect Joe Biden’s substantial leads in key swing states. Ralph Reed, head of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, echoed Senate Majority Leader Mitch […]
In the US, religious right laments Supreme Court ruling but sees opportunities
Washington DC, USAP The Supreme Court’s decision shielding LGBT people from employment discrimination dealt a blow to religious conservatives – and was penned by a justice they lauded after his nomination by President Donald Trump. The court ruled six to three on Monday that prohibitions against sex-based job discrimination established in the Civil Rights Act […]
Franklin Graham calls persecution of Christians ‘genocide’
RNS Franklin Graham speaks at the World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians in Washington, DC. PICTURE: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Franklin Graham, son of the famed evangelical preacher Billy Graham, urged fellow Christians to struggle against a “Christian genocide” that he says has killed in greater numbers than most believers can fathom. Rev Graham, who […]
EBOLA: SURVIVORS REMEMBER EPIDEMIC AS SAMARITAN’S PURSE RELEASE DOCUMENTARY
Samaritan’s Purse doctor Kent Brantly made headlines around the world when he became the first American diagnosed with Ebola. EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER reports on a new documentary which tells his story against the backdrop of the deadly health crisis in West Africa…
In the US, evangelical leaders proclaim 2017 the ‘Year of Good News’
Two dozen prominent evangelical pastors and denominational leaders are calling Christians to make 2017 the “Year of Good News.” That appeal came in a letter organised by Harvest Crusades founder Greg Laurie and published online on Tuesday. “In a time of bad news, distracting news, divisive news, disorderly news, and, sometimes, depressing news we – as […]
In the US, President Trump sworn in amid protests and a large assortment of clergy
Donald J Trump placed his hand on two Bibles and took the oath of office in a swearing-in ceremony that featured prayers and pronouncements of God’s favor by the largest assortment of clergy in inaugural history.