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Afghanistan is worse than ever. America should take responsibility.
By David Curry — March 2, 2023
(Global Christian Relief) — Eighteen months after the Taliban takeover, conditions range from barbaric to bizarre.
Saddleback Church doubles down on support for female pastors
By Deepa Bharath and Peter Smith — March 1, 2023
(AP) — “I’m serving Jesus under the authority and in alignment with my spiritual leaders,” said Stacie Wood, teaching pastor at Saddleback Church.
The Asbury revival is over. What happens now?
By Fiona Morgan — February 28, 2023
LEXINGTON, Ky. (RNS) — The so-called Asbury outpouring inspired an arena worship service not far from the school, and similar services at other colleges.
Who will pay for the SBC’s abuse reforms over the long term? No one knows.
By Bob Smietana — February 28, 2023
(RNS) — The SBC’s Executive Committee announced it had lost $6 million over the past fiscal year, mainly due to the cost of responding to the sex abuse crisis.
Bishop Scott Jones moves from ‘extreme center’ of UMC to new Global Methodist Church
By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 27, 2023
(RNS) — He isn't the first bishop to leave the United Methodist Church for the fledgling conservative denomination. But his exit has arguably caused the greatest stir.
‘Jesus Revolution’ leaves out the tough stuff but gets the music right
By Leah Payne — February 27, 2023
(RNS) — The new film about the origins of the Jesus People is refracted through Greg Laurie’s memory, which is selective.
From Super Bowl ads to Kentucky revivals, stop the Christian cannibalism
By Christian Pinkston — February 27, 2023
(RNS) — This habit of attacking 'our own' on peripheral topics — especially in public — is obstructive to the spread of the gospel.
How did Saddleback get kicked out of the SBC? It’s complicated.
By Bob Smietana — February 24, 2023
(RNS) — Five congregations ousted this week were the first to be expelled from the SBC on a national level for having women pastors since the ban on women pastors was instituted in 2000.
‘Woke Wars’ infiltrate Christian colleges, prof under fire for racial justice unit
By Kathryn Post — February 24, 2023
(RNS) — What happens when racial justice education is flagged as indoctrination?
Two cheers for David French
By Mark Silk — February 24, 2023
(RNS) — The new New York Times columnist upholds principles his conservative tribe has abandoned.
How big Christian nationalism has come courting in North Idaho
By Jack Jenkins — February 22, 2023
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (RNS) — ‘If we put God back in Idaho, then God will always protect Idaho‚ amen?’
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod president calls for excommunicating white nationalists
By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarlan Miller — February 22, 2023
(RNS) — ‘This is evil. We condemn it in the name of Christ,’ writes LCMS President Matthew Harrison.
Choosing the irrational sanity of Ash Wednesday
By Jacob Lupfer — February 21, 2023
(RNS) — Ash Wednesday is almost universally underrated in its power to redeem.
Southern Baptists oust Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church for naming a female pastor
By Adelle M. Banks — February 21, 2023
(RNS) — Stacie Wood, wife of Andy Wood, who replaced Warren as lead pastor last summer, has the title of ‘teaching pastor.’
The long strange trip of Lonnie Frisbee
By Greg Laurie — February 21, 2023
(RNS) — Lonnie was the face and a catalyzing force of the Jesus movement that rippled through the late 1960s and early 1970s.
