More than 2,000 faith leaders and religious activists are calling on members of Congress to honor the result of November’s election and avoid “a delayed and drawn out objection” this week when President-elect Joe Biden’s win is set to be certified.
Word&Way Editor Brian Kaylor argues in this guest piece at Roll Call that the historic appointment of U.S. House Chaplain Margaret Kibben obscures need to abolish antiquated position. Read full piece
Replacements focus on new recruitment strategies and sustainability. Read full piece
The religious composition of the new U.S. Congress that started Sunday remained overwhelmingly Christian (88%), and heavily Protestant (55%), the Pew Research Center has found.
Black pastors say seminary leaders undid progress. Read full piece
The presidents of the six Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) seminaries released a joint statement in late November dismissing critical race theory as incompatible with their understanding of the gospel and the 2000 Southern Baptist Convention Faith and Message. Read full piece
Catholics will hold 29 percent of the seats in the 117th Congress, not to mention the speakership and the presidency. Read full piece
A die-hard group of Trump supporters hopes 2021 will start with prayer, fasting, and perhaps a miracle. Organizers of the Jericho March have called on “patriots, people of faith, and all those who want to take back America” to travel to D.C. for a pair of
As the new session of the U.S. House of Representatives opened Sunday (Jan. 3),a prayer by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat from Missouri, sparked social media backlash and mocking.
C.S. Lewis’s often overlooked final chapter of the Chronicles of Narnia still speaks to us today. The end of the world begins with a con. A little lie, told by a petty grifter, leads to another lie, and then another, and finally to the unraveling of