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The Roman Road from Insurrection – Russell Moore

This week we watched an insurrection of domestic terrorists, incited and fomented by the President of the United States. Source: The Roman Road from Insurrection – Russell Moore

As evangelicals, we must recognize, confess, and lament our role in allowing Christian nationalism...

Opinion: Evangelicals must denounce the Christian nationalism in Capitol riots

Storming of U.S. Capitol
by: Paul O’Donnell (Jamie Aten, Kent Annan) Jan. 7, 2021 (RNS) — The startling events in Washington on Wednesday (Jan. 6) were shocking to watch, not only for the scenes ofRead More

The gathering has been held annually, usually on the first Thursday of February...

National Prayer Breakfast will be virtual in 2021 due to COVID-19

National Prayer Breakfast
by: Bob Smietana Dec. 17, 2020 (RNS) — The National Prayer Breakfast will be a virtual event next year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The gathering has been heldRead More

In recent days, Metaxas has become a chief evangelist for conspiracy theories about the 2020 election...

How Eric Metaxas went from Trump despiser to true believer

Eric Metaxas
by: Bob Smietana Dec. 3, 2020 (RNS) — For Eric Metaxas, a prominent evangelical public intellectual and Christian radio host, knowing that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is likeRead More

He (Donald Trump) in many ways became the face of white evangelicalism.

Opinion: Evangelical Christians once were saved. After Trump, they’re lost.

Ronald Reagan
by: Paul O’Donnell (Michael O. Emerson, Joel Edward Goza) Nov. 24, 2020 (RNS) — For reasons that have to do with our reading of the Bible, the both of us movedRead More

For many evangelicals, especially those who supported Trump, the past four years have been a smashing success.

Trump divided the nation and their church, experts say, but evangelical fans have few regrets

Melania Trump with evangelicals
by: Bob Smietana NASHVILLE, Nov. 13, 2020 (RNS) — Trillia Newbell believes the Bible tells her to pray for America’s leaders, so after the 2016 election, the evangelical author andRead More

National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) prays for a peaceful transfer of power

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We join w/ other faith leaders and pray for President-Elect @JoeBiden, President @realDonaldTrump, Vice President-Elect @KamalaHarris & Vice President @Mike_Pence; for cooperation during the transition period; & for a peacefulRead More

The revelation about Trump’s religious identity appeared in an interview that was conducted in writing...

Trump, confirmed a Presbyterian, now identifies as ‘non-denominational Christian’

by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2020 (RNS) — In an exclusive interview with Religion News Service, President Trump said in a written statement that he no longer identifies asRead More

The campaign seeks to mobilize Christians to stand against the Trumpist culture of predatory behavior, outright lies...

Michael Wear to join leadership committee for ‘Christians against Trumpism & Political Extremism’

BOSTON, Oct. 19,2020 — “Christians Against Trumpism & Political Extremism” has announced the addition of Michael Wear, former faith advisor to President Obama and founder of Public Square Strategies, LLC,Read More

By comparison, Obama set that number at 110,000 his last year in office.

Refugee data on religion disappears as fewer persecuted Christians admitted to United States

Syrian refugees
by: Emily McFarlan Miller Oct.13, 2020 (RNS) — The State Department no longer is making publicly available a number of statistics about refugees admitted into the United States, including theirRead More