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Evangelical Covenant Church has voted to remove a congregation

Evangelical denomination expels entire congregation over LGBT policy

by: Yonat Shimron June 28, 2019 (RNS) — For the first time in its 134-year history, the Evangelical Covenant Church has voted to remove a congregation from its roster overRead More

Slavery history still affects blacks, half of practicing Christians say in survey

Slavery in America
by: Adelle M. Banks June 26, 2019 (RNS) — Fifty percent of practicing Christians say the history of American slavery continues to significantly affect the African American community today, aRead More

“We take seriously the relationships that we have with faith communities around this country,” said the Rev. Derrick Harkins...

Democrats’ new faith outreach director launches ‘listening sessions’

by: Jack Jenkins June 25, 2019 (RNS) — Years after Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign was criticized for what some argue was lackluster outreach to faith groups, the Democratic Party hasRead More

Taylor's board of trustees announced Haines' resignation Monday (June 24)...

Taylor University president resigns after hosting VP Pence as commencement speaker

Taylor University president Lowell Haines
by: Emily McFarlan Miller June 24, 2019 (RNS) — Taylor University President Paul Lowell Haines has resigned from the nondenominational Christian university a month after hosting Vice President Mike PenceRead More

Jerry Falwell's awkward tweet response

Jerry Falwell Jr. takes on SBC’s Russell Moore on migrant children at the border

Jerry Falwell Jr.
BATAVIA, Ill., June 26, 2019 – Today a report in HufPost.com notes the awkward tweet response from Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. and Trump supporter to a religious leader’sRead More

Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer responds

Crisis at the U.S. southern border…results in deaths

deaths at southern border
A photo of a Salvadoran father and his daughter lying face down in the water of the Rio Grande shows the human toll of a crisis at the border. Another report on thisRead More

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s controversial comments spark Care Net President & CEO Roland Warren to release video explaining why he’s not a racist

Care Net’s CEO responds to Senator’s accusation: ‘Pro-life and Racist Morally the Same’

Roland Warren
LANSDOWNE, Va. — The leader of one of America’s largest pro-life organizations today reacted to U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) controversial remarks comparing pro-life beliefs to racism – and suggestingRead More

And they didn’t mince words.

Women sex abuse survivors tell Southern Baptists: ‘Our family is sick’

Speaker/author Beth Moore
by: Adelle M. Banks BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 11, 2019 (RNS) — Three women who experienced sexual abuse took center stage on Monday (June 10) to address how the nation’s largestRead More

“I do not need to tell this church the church of the West has had a horrible history of racism,”..

Southern Baptist president says racial insensitivity shows disregard for the gospel

SBC President Geear at 6th Ave. Baptist
by: Adelle M. Banks BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 10, 2019 (RNS) — Speaking at a black church Sunday (June 9) in a city that is nearly 75% percent African American, theRead More

Showing how faith and forgiveness healed Charleston church shooting survivors

Wheaton College screens new documentary ‘Emanuel’

By Tom Siebert WHEATON, Ill., June 11, 2019 — Gun massacres are a common occurrence in American life. During this year alone in the United States, there have been moreRead More