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.
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
Why Some Aren’t Sure Government Moves to Protect Persecuted Christians Are Helping
(RNS) — An increasingly vocal band of advocates and experts says the Trump administration’s policies have failed to address many of the challenges faced by Christians, Yazidis and other religious minorities abroad — especially those in the Middle East.
God Prevails Even When There’s Not a Happy Ending
HERMITAGE, Tenn. (BP) -- Clayton Gangji would have been 16 years old on June 6. Yet, more than two years ago, Clayton was killed by gunfire at the age of 14 after being involved in a robbery involving stolen cars.
New Hispanic Churches Often Do More With Less
NASHVILLE (BP) -- New Hispanic church works in the U.S. are reportedly seeing similar patterns of attendance growth and conversions as other church plants despite having a fraction of the financial support and training, and complications over immigration status, according to a new study released
4 Seminary Leaders Voice Concern Over Founders Ministry Film’s Preview
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Four SBC seminary professors took issue with the 4-minute trailer from a forthcoming documentary decrying the issue of "social justice" currently being debated in evangelicalism. One asked that his interview be removed, tweeting the edited footage was "misleading."
Video Links Beth Moore, Russell Moore, James Merritt to ‘Trojan Horse of Social Justice’
(RNS) — A video posted by a neo-Calvinist evangelical group paints Bible teacher Beth Moore, Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention and the SBC's current leader as part of a conspiracy to introduce social justice advocacy into evangelical churches.
Most Americans Can Define Atheists, Easter; Don’t Know US Share of Muslims, Jews
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new report on American religious literacy released on Tuesday (July 23) by Pew Research Center reveals some of what Americans do and don’t tend to know about their own faiths and others.
Building a New Church Community in a Culture That Has Forgotten How
(RNS) — Despite our digital connectedness, Americans are lonelier than they have ever been in recent memory. Three of four report wrestling with loneliness, and one of the loneliest times in our lives is when we enter young adulthood.
Faith Groups Fear the End of Refugee Resettlement in the U.S.
(RNS) — Faith-based groups that help the U.S. government resettle refugees fear the future of their work is in jeopardy, after learning that the Trump administration is considering shutting down refugee resettlement for the coming fiscal year.