Tim Keller, retired New York megachurch pastor and bestselling author, dies at 72
United StatesRNS Tim Keller, an influential Presbyterian Church in America minister who founded a network of evangelical Christian churches in New York City, has died. He was 72. Timothy Keller in 2011. PICTURE: Nathan Troester Known for his brainy and winsome approach to evangelism, Keller founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan in 1989 and grew […]
Trump chides onetime evangelical supporters who haven’t endorsed him
United StatesRNS Former President Donald Trump is chiding evangelical Christian pastors who previously supported him but haven’t endorsed his new presidential campaign, accusing the faith leaders of “disloyalty”. During an appearance on the Real America’s Voice show The Water Cooler on Monday, host David Brody asked Trump about evangelical leaders such as Robert Jeffress, a Texas […]
Engagement: In the US, young evangelicals listen to their pastors. Do pastors listen to them?
KEN CHITWOOD, of Religion News Service, reports on research showing young evangelicals are highly politically engaged and continue to be inspired, and influenced, by pastors and other spiritual leaders at their church…
Essay: US evangelical Christians are crucial voters in Republican primaries. Would they support DeSantis or Trump?
In an article first published on The Conversation, DAVID SMITH, associate professor in American politics and foreign policy at the University of Sydney’s US Studies Centre, looks at the role evangelical voters could play in any Republican primary contest between Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump…
As Trump launches new presidential bid, will former faith advisers back him?
Washington DC, USRNS When Donald Trump launched his 2020 reelection bid in Orlando, Florida, three years ago, the event was riddled with faith-speak. Both Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly referenced God, arguing the Almighty had blessed America. Trump’s closest evangelical adviser, Florida pastor Paula White-Cain, opened up the event with a passionate invocation in which she insisted […]
Essay: Religion is shaping Brazil’s presidential election – but its evangelicals aren’t the same as America’s
In an article first published on The Conversation, AMY ERICA SMITH, associate professor at Iowa State University, looks at the role evangelicals will play in the upcoming Brazilian election – and how that may differ from the relationship between evangelicals and politics in the US…
US evangelical group releases climate change report, urges a Biblical mandate for action
Washington DC, USRNS The National Association of Evangelicals unveiled a sweeping report on Monday on global climate change, laying out what its authors call the “Biblical basis” for environmental activism to help spur fellow evangelicals to address the planetary environmental crisis. “Creation, although groaning under the fall, is still intended to bless us. However, for […]
In the US, Wisconsin megachurch pastor Stuart Briscoe, lifelong broadcast evangelist, dies at 91
RNS Prominent Wisconsin pastor Stuart Briscoe, recognised for founding the broadcast ministry series Telling the Truth and authoring over 40 books, died on 3rd August. Briscoe died of “natural causes unexpectedly”, according to a Twitter post from his son, Peter “Pete” Briscoe. He was 91. Stuart Briscoe in 2018. PICTURE: © James G Howes, 2018. The British-born Briscoe […]
Ron Sider, who wrote ‘Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger,’ dies at 82
United StatesRNS Ron Sider, an author, seminary professor and evangelical social justice activist, has died, according to an online update from his son. “I have some bad news: my father Ron Sider died suddenly last night [27th July, 2022], of a cardiac arrest,” Ted Snider wrote in a post on his father’s Substack newsletter website. […]
In the US, White evangelicals oppose abortion; all other religious groups support it
RNS A number of polls in recent days have shown that a majority of Americans think abortion should be legal; a new Pew Research survey is no exception. The large survey of 11,044 Americans, released Friday, shows that 61 per cent of respondents said abortion should be legal in most or all cases – little […]