Uganda’s President Signs Into Law Anti-Gay Legislation With Death Penalty in Some Cases
LGBTQ+ rights campaigners say the new legislation is unnecessary in a country where homosexuality has long been illegal under a colonial-era law.
The Cross and the Rainbow Flag
Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy argues that we should see the cross and the rainbow flag together and identify Christ with a community of excluded people.
Using ‘He/Him,’ ‘She/Her’ in Emails Got 2 Dorm Directors Fired at Small New York Christian College
The recent firings prompted more than 700 Houghton alumni to sign a petition in protest.
Christian Leaders Continue Opposition to ReAwaken America Tour — at Trump Resort
A group of local clergy and national faith leaders spoke in opposition to the Trump National Doral Miami stop of the ReAwaken America Tour.
UMC Bishops Request 2026 General Conference as Hundreds More Churches Disaffiliate
The meeting would focus on re-establishing connection within the United Methodist Church after years of strife over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members.
United Methodist Bishops Meet, Look to Pivot After 2,400+ Churches Disaffiliate
United Methodist bishops from across the globe are meeting this week for the first time in person since the COVID-19 pandemic.
UMC Top Court Rules Disaffiliating Clergy Don’t Automatically Lose Credentials
A Wisconsin bishop had required clergy whose churches were disaffiliating to give up their jobs or their credentials.
UMC Clergy Reportedly Face Complaint, Church Trial After Marrying Nonbinary Couple
The Rev. Paige Swaim-Presley and the Rev. Elizabeth Davidson say they were informed in late February a formal complaint has been filed against them, allegedly for officiating a same-sex wedding.
The War on Public Libraries
This issue of A Public Witness takes a look (it’s in a book) at the religious history of public libraries and the ways they help our communities go twice as high. Then it introduces us to friends to know and ways to grow as we
The Foundation Seeking to Spread Christian Education With State Support
The Stanley M. Herzog Charitable Foundation has awarded grants to schools that exclude LGBTQ students and families and paid for creationist science teacher training.