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sudan refugees1518007162Ongoing violence in South Sudan is projected to result in "Africa's largest refugee crisis since the mid-1990s," the United Nations announced on Feb. 1.

February 2018 sliderTruth telling is not easy. Just ask the Old Testament prophets.

Threatened, beaten, chained, put into stocks, imprisoned in cells and cisterns, threatened with death, killed — “Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?” Stephen asked the Sanhedrin right before they stoned him.

Becky and Jim Powell WBCCAfter 16 years of service to Windermere Baptist Conference Center and its guests, Becky Powell announced her retirement beginning February 1.

Central Calvin University meetingSHAWNEE, Kan. – Central Seminary hosted a delegation from Calvin University in South Korea for a two-day visit Feb. 1.

dollar 463377 640The history of the phrase “In God We Trust” and similar invocations of God in national life, are relatively recent additions to America’s political language.

webRNS Super Bowl Shelter1 013118(RNS) — As the Super Bowl nears and football fans head to Minneapolis, dozens of homeless people who usually spend the night at a church across the street from the stadium will sleep under a different roof for a few days.

BP Rex Burkhead media dayMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (BP) -- Another Super Bowl. Another year with the New England Patriots playing in it.

But from a spiritual perspective, there's something new to this team. 

thumbRNS Patriots Eagles2 020118(RNS) — This year’s Super Bowl pits the New England Patriots (again) against the Philadelphia Eagles. For many years, I’ve been using biblical and other Jewish sources to pick the winner, and I’m almost always right.

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A "Unity Declaration on Racism and Poverty," signed by more than 80 U.S. faith leaders, was sent to members of Congress on Jan. 29.

webRNS NOSTRA AETATE 101915(RNS) — Four powerful and irreversible forces are rapidly transforming the Jewish and Christian worlds.

But many leaders in both communities are unable or unwilling to recognize these new changes.