Multiracial churches growing, but challenging for clergy of color
KELLER, Texas (RNS) — 'Pain is a part of the growth,' said the black pastor of a multiethnic Southern Baptist church in Utah.
Trump pledges to prevent ‘unacceptable’ repression of school prayer
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said her department’s new guidelines require state agencies to inform it when complaints are filed about limitations to the free exercise of religion.
Multiracial Ohio church turns conversations on race into political action
CINCINNATI (RNS) — Starting with discussions about race, Crossroads Church developed ‘next steps’ for reaching into its community to alleviate racial and economic inequities.
First woman Muslim chaplain commissioned in the US military
(RNS) — Saleha Jabeen became a second lieutenant in a December ceremony at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
Funeral of Lois Evans, wife of Tony Evans, set for their Dallas church
(RNS) — Though she was known mostly as the woman behind Evans, his church and ‘The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans’ broadcast, Lois Evans also served on the National Religious Broadcasters board.
50 years after ‘Black Manifesto,’ religious groups take up reparations again
(RNS) — Five decades later, the reparations debate has reentered the national spotlight, with some religious institutions leading the way.
10 religious influencers who died in the decade: 2010-2019
(RNS) — Here’s a sampling of some of the key figures, from a globe-trotting evangelist to an atheist, who have left their legacies for the next generations.
Religious freedom agency reauthorized with Trump’s signature
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The agency, created in 1998, had faced a range of controversies in the months leading up to the reauthorization.
State Department cites religious freedom violators
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The department redesignated on Wednesday the nine other countries that had been categorized as ‘countries of particular concern’.
Religious freedom watchdog, facing recent controversy, awaits reauthorization
WASHINGTON (RNS) — USCIRF Chair Tony Perkins told Religion News Service that the commissioners are satisfied with the current proposed language but all of them considered the earlier proposal to be 'very problematic.'
Newseum closing but Religious Freedom Center programs to continue elsewhere
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The Freedom Forum Institute’s religious liberty programming dates to the 1990s, when the Newseum was housed in Rosslyn, Virginia.
Retiring NAE head Leith Anderson: Evangelicals not just white or political
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘I want the standard to be what the Bible teaches, not what the polls report,’ said Leith Anderson, outgoing president of the National Association of Evangelicals.
Tony Evans: On his new Bible and commentary, Kirk Franklin boycott, wife’s health
DALLAS (RNS) — The Dallas pastor says his new study Bible and commentary aim to foster ‘a well-ordered life in a chaotic world.’
National Association of Evangelicals names new president, diverse leadership
(RNS) — Kim, an Asian American, is part of a diverse leadership for the umbrella organization that reflects 'the growing edge of evangelicalism is significantly in minority communities and churches,' said the outgoing president.
Sixty years later, only Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue continues as ‘work of art’
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (RNS) — Recalling in its design the place where Scriptures say the Ten Commandments were given to Moses, Beth Sholom Synagogue is lesser known than the Guggenheim Museum in New York.