Latino Episcopalians in the Spotlight With Gutiérrez Presiding Bishop Nomination
Latino Episcopal clergy say that their congregations are thriving.
Louisiana May Soon Require Public School Classrooms to Display the Ten Commandments
They would become the first state to require the religious text to be displayed in every public school classroom — in another expansion of Christianity into day-to-day life by a Republican-dominated legislature.
Adults Raised in the ‘Christian Parenting Empire’ of the ’70s-’90s Push Back
Leveraging social media, these parents and professionals aim to show that this parenting approach can result in trauma, estrangement and views of God as abusive.
With Strawberries and Goats, a ‘Farmastery’ Reaches Out to Its Neighbors
Part of the new monastic movement began three decades ago among lay Protestants, Spring Forest is a model for how Christians can work, eat and worship as a community.
‘Bad Faith’ Sounds the Alarm on the Past and Future of Christian Nationalism
Filmmakers Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones trace the origins of Christian Nationalism from the Ku Klux Klan to the election of Donald Trump.
The Barmen Declaration Turns 90
As we mark the anniversary of a powerful confessional statement, this issue of A Public Witness considers how it still speaks to us today with a deep theological assessment of the dangers of uniting church and state.
Christian Organizations Come Together to Take Boycott, Divestment Action As Rafah Campaign Continues
‘A core practice of nonviolent resistance, including within our tradition, is economic non-cooperation with injustice,’ the Christian organizations wrote.
SBC Seminary Says Former Staffer Ordered Sex Assault Report Destroyed
The president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary says former chief of staff Heath Woolman told another staffer to make the report of a sexual assault ‘go away.’
Reconsidering the Bible Photo Op
This Saturday marks four years since the photo op where Trump awkwardly held a Bible outside a church after police teargassed BLM protesters. Despite all the attention to evangelicals, if you look at the photos all you will see is the influence of mainline Protestantism.
Pope Apologizes After Being Quoted Using Vulgar Term About Gay Men in Talk About Ban on Gay Priests
The incident underscored how the church’s official teaching bumps against the reality that there are gay priests and plenty of LGBTQ+ Catholics who want to be fully part of the life and sacraments of the church.