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Former NBA player Stan McKenzie, husband of first woman AME Church bishop, dead at 76
By Adelle M. Banks — July 21, 2021
(RNS) — Less than two weeks before, his wife — Bishop Vashti McKenzie — thanked her spouse as she made farewell remarks at the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s General Conference.
The American church needs to reckon with its legacy in Indigenous boarding schools
By Kaitlin Curtice — June 24, 2021
(RNS) — The American church will not be able to hide from its history of complicity in the treatment of Indigenous peoples — and the ongoing colonization Indigenous peoples continue to face today.
Southern Baptist Convention’s focus on mission recalls history of promoting white dominance
By Janel Kragt Bakker — June 14, 2021
(The Conversation) — The SBC is meeting amid divisions, controversy and dwindling numbers. But in pushing rhetoric over its theological mission, the denomination is tapping into a history of white supremacy.
American Christians must humbly look to global church for solutions to decline
By Tom Lin — June 3, 2021
(RNS) — The Christian church in North America is starting to erode. Thankfully, however, the center of the church is not in North America.
American Christians need to reinvent their theology and practice of missions
By Joseph D'Souza — July 14, 2020
(RNS) — American Christians shy away from social issues — racial reconciliation, immigration reform and economic inequalities — that they associate with progressive politics.
How coronavirus lockdowns in the US starve vulnerable abroad
By Darren Tyler — July 7, 2020
(RNS) — More people may die from the lockdown policies designed to stop the virus than from the virus itself.
Memorial for Reinhard Bonnke, ‘the Billy Graham of Africa,’ draws thousands
By Mark I. Pinsky — January 4, 2020
ORLANDO, Fla.(RNS) — The Pentecostal pastor died Dec. 7 in Orlando, where he moved his international ministry, Christ for All Nations, in the early 2000s.
Study: Religious attendance flatlining, but giving remains strong
By Yonat Shimron — October 16, 2019
(RNS) — The study from the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving at Indiana University finds that nearly half of America’s estimated 360,000 congregations saw an increase in giving from three years ago.
Why slain missionary John Allen Chau might be a martyr
By John G. Stackhouse Jr. — December 10, 2018
(RNS) — Supporters and critics of the late John Allen Chau disagree about his missionary methods. But they also disagree about the message that motivated him.
What do evangelicals want from Trump on foreign policy?
By Jacob Lupfer — June 13, 2018
(RNS) — As President Trump's attention turns to international affairs, members of his loyal evangelical Protestant base need to ask themselves: What do we want out of U.S. foreign policy?
Ebola treatment prompts criticism from Ann Coulter, Donald Trump, Ben Carson
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 6, 2014
(RNS) "People that go to far away places to help are great -- but must suffer the consequences," Donald Trump said.
Mormons and Baptists compete for converts
By Bob Smietana — July 20, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) Every year, the Southern Baptist Convention and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spend tens of millions of dollars to spread their takes on Christianity. They rely heavily on thousands of faithful volunteers willing to spread out across the country to share their faith. By Bob Smietana.
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