Finnish church and NGO send a message of peace to Trump and Putin
Finn Church Aid and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland joined in sending US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin a message during their meeting in the Finnish capital of Helsinki on Monday – “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God”. PICTURE: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The […]
US evangelical leaders discuss future of their movement in Trump era
RNS About 50 evangelical Christian leaders gathered early this week to discuss the future of evangelicalism amid concerns their movement has become too closely associated with US President Donald Trump’s polarising politics. The closed-door meeting Monday and Tuesday was held at Wheaton College, a private school outside Chicago that is sometimes called the “evangelical Harvard.” Wheaton attracts […]
US faith groups condemn citizenship question on census
RNS Citing both moral imperatives and concerns about accuracy, religious groups are speaking out against a new citizenship question slated to be included in the 2020 US census. The US Department of Commerce, which oversees the census, announced Monday it would accept a request made in December by the Department of Justice to include a question about […]
Trump says US ‘strengthened by the power of prayer’
RNS In his second appearance at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, US President Donald Trump steered clear of partisan politics and focused on his belief in the country’s dependence on God. “America’s a nation of believers and together we are strengthened by the power of prayer,” the President said in his 14-minute speech that emphasised […]
ESSAY: AFTER SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, PRAY…AND DO SOMETHING
US columnist RICHARD MOUW reflects on the response to Sunday’s shooting at a church in Texas in which 27 people, including the gunman, were killed…
ESSAY: CHRISTIANS AND YAZIDIS IN IRAQ STAND ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
In an article first published by Religion News Service, US Congressman CHRIS SMITH, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, calls for the US to take urgent steps to address the plight of endangered religious minority communities like Christians and the Yazidis in Iraq…
THE INTERVIEW: MIKE HUCKABEE – FORMER MINISTER AND POLITICIAN NOW TURNED BROADCASTER
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee about his new US talk show and his first guest – US President Donald Trump…
Texas officials urge US President Trump to act on FEMA funding for houses of worship
RNS Texas officials have written to President Donald Trump urging him to follow up on his tweeted endorsement of federal disaster relief for churches after Hurricane Harvey. “Regrettably, due to a FEMA policy whose terms predate your administration, the same churches that are playing an instrumental role in the recovery effort cannot receive disaster relief […]
Donald Trump’s childhood home becomes weekend retreat for refugees in charity stunt
Thomson Reuters Foundation Oxfam employees in front of President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York. PICTURE: Chris Gregory/Oxfam America. A group of refugees stayed at US President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York over the weekend as part of a stunt to highlight the plight of people feeling conflict and persecution around the […]
Americans join in prayer for those affected by Hurricane Harvey
Americans joined in a national day of prayer to pray for those affected by Hurricane Harvey on Sunday. The prayer day was called via a presidential proclamation, with US President Donald Trump noting at the signing of the proclamation late last week that “[f]rom the beginning of our Nation, Americans have joined together in prayer […]