The Hidden Power of Evangelical Women
At first glance, the landscape of evangelical megachurches looks like a man’s world. But author Kate Bowler sees powerful women hiding in plain sight.
Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, and the Dangers of Mixing Religion and Politics
How will evangelist Billy Graham be remembered? And is his son Franklin damaging the religious leader's legacy with his excessive politicizing for the Republican Party and Donald Trump?
Trump Abandoning Kurds Could Cost Support of Evangelical Christians
One of the president’s staunchest constituencies has stuck by him through many controversies but Syria may be a policy lurch too far.
Heading Into 2020 Elections, Most Evangelicals Want to Play Nice in Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — LifeWay Research finds most American evangelicals believe Jesus’ Golden Rule applies to politics. Some, however, see the political realm leading up to the 2020 elections as no place for niceness.
Religious Americans Are Overly Pessimistic About the Family, Study Finds
Divorce numbers, down. Teen pregnancies, down. Rate of out-of-wedlock births, about the same. So, why are religious Americans more likely to believe social ills are on the rise?
Why White Evangelicals Should Panic
About 26 percent of Americans 65 and older identify as white evangelical Protestants, but only 8 percent of those ages 18 to 29. Some evangelical leaders are tidying up the kitchen over repealing the Johnson amendment and saying "Merry Christmas" while the house burns down around them.
Amazon Fires Deepen a Split Between Brazil’s Evangelicals and Their Fellow Christians
SAO PAULO (RNS) — The apparently intentional escalation of fires in the Amazon rainforest has contributed to a growing political split among religious groups in Brazil.
Just Like Political Parties, Religious Groups See Their Rivals as Extremists
(RNS) — Looking at the data from the 2018 Cooperative Congressional Election Study, if someone labels themself personally as at the edge of the political spectrum, are they more likely to place the opposing party in an extreme political position?
Celebrating New Religious Freedom Law, Bolivian Evangelicals Push for More
(RNS) — After 183 years as a Roman Catholic nation, Bolivia officially became a secular country in 2009, when a new constitution dropped any mention of the historic faith of its Spanish colonial rulers, bolstering the position of its precolonial religions. The surprising winners in
Christian Nationalism, the Border and Fourth of July Church in Dallas
I believe — with my conservative Christian brothers and sisters — that Christians have an essential role to play in modern-day America and that the Bible has something to say about politics. To learn more I determined to go to a Southern Baptist church in