How Many Americans Believe Trump Is Anointed by God?
(RNS) — Over the weekend, Rick Perry, the U.S. secretary of energy, became the latest highly placed evangelical Christian to claim that President Trump is the "chosen one."
As the Chick-Fil-A Flap Shows, the Brands We Buy Are Increasingly a Values Proposition
(RNS) — Ideologies have become things for us to buy and sell. We should expect that the people selling them to us treat them — and us — as products.
Baptist Summer Camp in Rural Maine Helps Make Campers’ Faith ‘Stickier’
FARMINGTON, Maine — Farmington Conference Center in rural Maine is the only Southern Baptist-related conference center in New England. Amid that challenging setting, Farmington’s staff and volunteers are seeking to shine the light of Christ for children and youth.
Half of Pastors See Opioid Abuse in Their Own Congregations
Nashville-based LifeWay Research asked 1,000 Protestant pastors about their personal connections to the opioid epidemic and how their churches are looking to address the issue. Half (52 percent) knew someone directly in their church is dealing with an opioid addiction.
Printing Truth
In a Polish museum dedicated to the “Warsaw Uprising” of 1944, one room stood out in particular for me — the one dedicated to the role of the press. In the midst of the fighting, a vibrant free press community continued.
Chick-Fil-A Announces New Approach to Charitable Giving
NASHVILLE (BP) -- On Monday (Nov. 18), the popular U.S. fast food chain, Chick-fil-A, Inc., announced a new policy concerning its charitable giving to take effect in 2020. It will will focus the company's charitable donations on the areas of hunger, homelessness and education.
Love the Church You Have
Churches must courageously abandon outdated practices and attitudes. Congregations must change drastically in order to touch our world with God’s grace. But sometimes, amid all the pulse-taking, evaluations, strategy planning, and critiquing, we forget to love the church we have.
Joanne Rogers: On Her Husband Fred Rogers’ Commitment to Prayer, Church, Children
(RNS) — At “91 and a half,” Joanne Rogers remains a devoted advocate for the legacy of her late husband. Fred Rogers’ widow shared churchgoing traditions and a love for music with her husband, depicted in the new movie, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”
‘The Report’ Is a Real Step Toward Truth and Reconciliation on Torture
A congregation seeking justice for the tortured and the torturers have had their prayer answered by an unlikely source: Hollywood, writes Seth Kaper-Dale.
How a New HHS Rule Will Harm Far More People Than You Realize
(RNS) — A proposed new rule could allow over $30 billion in Department of Health and Human Services grants to flow to organizations that openly refuse to serve people of faith, women and LGBTQ people. The administration claims that this rule only applies to child