Right-to-Life Spokeswoman Won’t Support Trump
National leaders back re-election, but some evangelical activists say 2020 choice is not so clear. Read full piece
DC Episcopal Bishop Says She’ll Appeal to ‘Better Angels’ in Convention Prayer
Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington who criticized President Donald Trump after he held a Bible aloft during a photo op in front St. John’s Church near the White House in June, says she will call upon “higher angels of our nature” in her
QAnon: The Alternative Religion that’s Coming to Your Church
It’s a rough time to be a pastor. An election year, national racial unrest, and a global pandemic each challenged the usual methods of ministry. But there’s another challenge: taking on the power of a new religion that’s dividing churches and hurting Christian witness.
Trump’s 2020 Religious Attack on Biden Harks Back to 1800
Last week President Donald Trump attacked his presumptive Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, on religious grounds. It’s been 220 years since the religion card was played so bigly in an American presidential campaign. The precedent is more apt than you might think.
Trump Couldn’t be More Wrong about Biden’s Faith
As a White House staffer, Melissa Rogers had the opportunity to see Vice President Biden up close. That’s why she writes that Trump’s assertions about Biden’s faith could not be more wrong.
America, These are Self-Inflicted Wounds
Wendell Griffen, a Baptist pastor and circuit court judge in Arkansas, reflects on the fact that the U.S. has now lost 150,000 people — almost three times the number of people we lost during the Vietnam War – due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full piece
Biden Quotes Bible at Baptist Meeting, While Trump Says Biden is ‘Against God’
Addressing a virtual gathering of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Joe Biden invoked Scripture while speaking directly to religious voters who make up a core part of the Democratic Party’s base.
Religious Freedom in America: Popular & Polarizing
The principle of religious freedom is important to most Americans. But as President Donald Trump touts his support for it during his reelection bid, there are notable fault lines among people of different faiths and political ideologies over what it truly means.
Federal Executions are One More Example of Trump Administration Overreach
Christian author and activist Shane Claiborne critiques the resumption of federal executions in July as three people were killed after 17 years without a single federal execution.
Trump’s Faith Outreach Aims to Cast Democrats as the Enemy
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is courting religious voters in part by seeking to portray Democrats as a threat to religious freedom — a pitch amplified by disputes over the issue during the coronavirus pandemic.