Christianity
Most adults in US, 16 other nations say belief in God, morality not always linked
By Adelle M. Banks — April 20, 2023
(RNS) — Pew Research Center released the findings — that also hold true among most of those affiliated with a religion — from its Global Attitudes Survey.
Hong Kong bishop hopes for closer ties with Beijing diocese
By Associated Press — April 20, 2023
BEIJING (AP) — Chow's five-day trip to Beijing is the first visit by Hong Kong’s bishop in nearly three decades and came two weeks after Vatican News, the news portal of the Holy See, reported that China had unilaterally appointed a new bishop to Shanghai.
Religious zealots go postal (again)
By Mark Silk — April 20, 2023
(RNS) — The current Supreme Court religion case harks back to a 19th-century fight over Sunday mail.
UMC clergy reportedly face complaint, church trial after marrying nonbinary couple
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 19, 2023
(RNS) — The Rev. Paige Swaim-Presley and the Rev. Elizabeth Davidson say they were informed in late February a formal complaint has been filed against them, allegedly for officiating a same-sex wedding.
Former Calvin professor sues after losing job for performing queer wedding
By Bob Smietana — April 19, 2023
(RNS)— Joe Kuilema, who taught at the evangelical college for 14 years, lost his job after officiating a wedding for a transgender former student.
How school choice drives America’s people of faith apart
By Amy Laura Hall — April 19, 2023
(RNS) — Religious freedom arguments are a strategy for undermining public education.
Anglican conservatives meet in Rwanda amid rift over LGBTQ
By Ignatius Ssuuna — April 19, 2023
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The meeting comes two months after the decision of the Church of England to bless civil marriages of same-sex couples. Clerics from Africa are among those who continue to express concern.
Judge: Mississippi must give religious exemption on vaccines
By Emily Wagster Pettus — April 19, 2023
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of the families who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit believe 'God has created humans with functioning immune systems that were well designed to counteract threats,' the lawsuit said, adding that they only seek out medication 'when an intervention is clearly necessary.'
Charles Stanley, TV preacher and Southern Baptist leader, dies at 90
By Adelle M. Banks — April 19, 2023
(RNS) — The author of dozens of books was recognized by people in the grassroots as well as in the highest echelons of American society.
Charges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse
By Mark Scolforo and Peter Smith — April 19, 2023
YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — In the charges against nine Pennsylvania men, court records state that all the defendants have ties to the Jehovah’s Witnesses faith, though in some cases it’s unclear how their faith might relate to the criminal allegations.
Conservative Christians aren’t the only ones asking for accommodation in mailman case
By Yonat Shimron — April 18, 2023
(RNS) — Religious minorities — Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Seventh-day Adventists — have filed briefs asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that gutted a civil rights statute’s protections for religious accommodation.
What an ‘Asian American apostate’ had to offer a Christian university after losing his faith
By Kathryn Post — April 18, 2023
(RNS) — A scathing critique of the evangelical culture at a Christian university in pre-Trump America.
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick charged in Wisconsin with sex abuse
By Harm Venhuizen — April 18, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A criminal complaint filed Friday alleges that McCarrick, who defrocked in 2019 after a Vatican investigation found he had sexually molested adults and children, fondled a man in 1977 while staying at a cabin on Geneva Lake in southeastern Wisconsin.
How the teen mental health crisis is turning some youth pastors into first responders
By Elizabeth E. Evans — April 18, 2023
(RNS) — Young people, youth pastors say, are pushing the church to be more willing to talk about mental health.
SBC official Brent Leatherwood urges Tennessee lawmakers to pass red flag law
By Bob Smietana — April 18, 2023
(RNS)— Head of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the public policy arm of the SBC, Leatherwood is calling on legislators to pass a law to remove firearms from people who are a danger to themselves and others.
