Belief in the possibility of redemption is lacking across American society. If Christians place their faith in a God who can redeem all things, then what response is required in this moment? This edition of A Public Witness calls for a renewed testimony to redemption's
What constitutes an evangelical, or what is evangelicalism in the United States today? Scholar Terry Shoemaker explores the various definitions and history of this decentralized, umbrella term within Protestant Christianity and what it means for our current religious landscape.
When Ryan Burge reviewed survey data he didn't find much evidence for the popular narrative that evangelicals are lagging behind on vaccinations. In fact, he found that those without any religious affiliation were the least likely to have received at least one dose of any
Senior Editor Beau Underwood interviews Donna Claycomb Sokol, pastor of Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., for the latest installment of our “Behind the Pulpit” series intended to pull back the curtain on the minister’s life.
Monday's action on the Hill constituted one of the largest mass-arrest nonviolent protests at the Capitol in recent memory. More than 200 faith-led demonstrators were arrested while hoping to draw attention to voting rights and a slate of other issues participants argued impact the poor
Marcus T. Coleman, the former interim director of the DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships from 2017 to 2018 and a special assistant for it from 2013 to 2016, starts his new role on Monday.
How many children had been orphaned by causes related to COVID-19? According to a report released last week, an estimated more than 1.5 million children around the world lost a parent or grandparent who lived with and cared for them in the first 14 months
The myth of what the Olympics is all about falls short of what actually transpires at the games. At a time when sports are becoming a new religion, Christians need to reflect on what these very human competitions reveal.
A federal judge has ordered Hobby Lobby, the arts and crafts chain whose president is Museum of the Bible founder Steve Green, to forfeit an ancient tablet bearing a rare fragment of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Describing insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol as “terrorists” who “perceived themselves to be Christians,” District of Columbia police officer Daniel Hodges told a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Tuesday that the crowd brandished banners steeped in Christian symbolism along with those