Richard Cizik
Frances FitzGerald on how evangelicals lost their way
By David P. Gushee — April 12, 2017
(RNS) When religious folk get entangled with secular politicians in the political arena, the politicians always win.
Act now, for God’s sake, faith voices urge Paris climate conference
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 9, 2015
(RNS) Christians and Jews, Muslims and Mormons are pressing leaders to forcefully address climate change. They're powered by deep belief that a just society requires this.
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly VIDEO: Richard Cizik talks of losing his son to heroin
By Sally Morrow — September 8, 2014
(RNS) Richard Cizik, a prominent evangelical, lost his son, Richard Jr., to an overdose last year. Now he is pushing faith communities to get more involved by first acknowledging that heroin abuse is happening in their own churches.
Faith leaders testify in support of EPA’s Clean Power Plan
By Heather Adams — July 30, 2014
(RNS) Twenty-six faith leaders showed their support of the Clean Power Plan through prayer and public witness at the Environmental Protection Agency public hearings. The Clean Power Plan was proposed June 2 under President Obama's Climate Action Plan.
Joel Hunter pays a price for political activism
By Mark I. Pinsky — July 7, 2013
(RNS) Over the past decade, Hunter and a cohort of younger, evangelical leaders have called on others to lower their voices and shift the political center of gravity from the far right to the pragmatic center-right. Ten percent of his church members left.
Faith leaders want Americans to pray for collegiality
By Lauren Markoe — January 3, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) At a time when the ideals of compromise and collegiality seem like a distant dream in the nation's capital, an unusually diverse coalition of religious leaders is asking Americans to pray for civility.
Churches under fire for using gun classes as outreach
By Greg Horton — December 19, 2012
PRYOR CREEK, Okla. (RNS) A few dozen churches around the country offer gun classes as a way to reach out to non-Christians and attract new members. But after the massacre at Sandy Hook, such classes are facing fierce criticism. By Greg Horton.
Evangelical coalition rallies behind family planning
By Adelle M. Banks — October 15, 2012
WASHINGTON (RNS) A coalition of evangelicals is calling on fellow Christians who oppose abortion to support family planning across the globe. By Adelle M. Banks.
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