US Christians Speak Out Against Christian Nationalism
Christian leaders in the U.S. are speaking out against Christian nationalism, joining an initiative spearheaded by BJC and signing on to a statement of opposition.
After 40 Years in Political Exile, Jimmy Carter is Still a Preacher at Heart
Former President Jimmy Carter, now in his mid-90s, has continued to teach a Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., usually twice a month. It’s an expression of what Carter has always considered his core calling, above even politics: that of a
Christian Rappers’ Beat-Stealing Lawsuit Against Katy Perry Goes to Court
Last week, Katy Perry took the stand before a civil jury in downtown Los Angeles as part of a five-year-old lawsuit and maintained that she was not familiar with Flame’s “Joyful Noise” (featuring Lecrae) when she created her 2013 hit “Dark Horse.”
Celebrating New Religious Freedom Law, Bolivian Evangelicals Push for More
(RNS) — After 183 years as a Roman Catholic nation, Bolivia officially became a secular country in 2009, when a new constitution dropped any mention of the historic faith of its Spanish colonial rulers, bolstering the position of its precolonial religions. The surprising winners in
Baptist Christians Are Working for Peace in Some of the World’s Hardest Places
When Katie Cook attended the recent Global Baptist Peace Conference she shared a meal with Eleazar Ziherambere, who lived in Rwanda in 1994, when some 800,000 people were slaughtered by their own countrymen in a matter of 100 days.
What Is the Problem?
Whether on a national or personal level, accepting responsibility for failure is never easy. But when God is involved the whole situation is different because the human heart can change, circumstances can be transformed, and a new beginning is possible.
Fighting Hunger Can Unite Divided Americans, Everett Insists
WACO—Jeremy Everett, author of I Was Hungry: Cultivating Common Ground to End an American Crisis, believes a divided nation can find common ground in a battle to eliminate chronic hunger.
Joshua Harris and the Sexual Prosperity Gospel
It is ironic, that Christians who denounce the prosperity gospel have in recent years touted its sexier, if subtler, form: the sexual prosperity gospel.
Faith Groups Urge State Department to Abolish New ‘Unalienable Rights’ Commission
(RNS) — While some religious and religious liberty groups have applauded a new Commission on Unalienable Rights, a coalition of 430 human rights, civil rights, foreign policy and faith organizations, leaders and scholars has submitted a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him
Who Is the Museum of the Bible Really For? Scholarly Book Examines Multiple Problems
(RNS) — The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has been criticized for favoring the Protestant Bible, questionable and misappropriated antiquities, partnering groups and, most recently, admitting to Dead Sea Scroll fragment forgeries. Now many of the academic community's critiques have been collected