Pastors’ First Ladies, Other Black Church Leaders Organize Support for Harris
Substantial time was devoted to discussing policies embraced by the Biden-Harris administration that oppose Republican proposals, including Project 2025.
Meet Cathy, the New AI Chatbot and Episcopal Church Expert
Unlike many of her religious AI predecessors, Cathy isn’t posing as a pastor or guru but a virtual guide.
Meet Gen Z’s Proselytizing Presbyterian Reformer
Richard Ackerman, a 21-year-old Presbyterian convert and conservative activist in the church, is the contemporary televangelist Zoomers can’t stop watching.
The Slow Fade of Denominational Publishing
Shrinking churches means the market for Christian print resources diminishes, too.
AME Zion Church Meeting Focuses on Voting Initiative, New Bishops
Among those elected during the meeting was Bishop Melanie Miller, the second and only living woman bishop in the historically Black denomination.
Mennonites March 135 Miles to White House for Gaza Cease-Fire
Organizers said the group included Mennonites from at least 40 different churches, as well as interfaith supporters from Catholic, Lutheran, Jewish, evangelical Christian, and Southern Baptist traditions.
Church of the Nazarene Expels LGBTQ-Affirming Theologian
The church court stripped the Rev. Thomas Jay Oord, of Nampa, Idaho, of his preaching credentials and expelled him from membership in the 2.5 million-member global denomination.
Southern Baptists and the Unholy Gale
This issue of A Public Witness takes off on a quest to understand what the recent Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Brent Leatherwood debacle tells us about religion and politics.
Church Sues Colorado Town to Be Able to Shelter Homeless in Trailers, Work ‘Mandated by God’
The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act bars governments from imposing land use regulations that put a substantial burden on religious exercise without a compelling reason for doing so.
ERLC Reverses Course, Now Says Brent Leatherwood Was Not Fired
The kerfuffle over Leatherwood's status, which played out in competing press releases from ERLC leaders, is the latest controversy for the SBC's public policy arm.