(RNS) — An organization once committed to a post-political future has reemerged into a culture entrenched in a bitter partisan battle.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) — SBC President J.D. Greear is showing ‘the need for continuing to move from the past that we had to the present that we’re in,’ says a SBC historian.

NASHVILLE (RNS) — Southern Baptists have long been able to find enough consensus to cooperate on missions. In recent years, they’ve become less cooperative because of debates over race, politics and the role of women in the church.

Religion News Service (RNS) and Interfaith America are pleased to announce the 2022-2023 RNS/IA Religion Journalism Fellowship. This fellowship, returning for its second year, will run from September 2022 to March 2023. This fellowship serves to develop future religion news journalists by deepening their understanding of religious expression in individual lives and civic life and […]

NEWS BRIEF RNS-Officer-Mass: Eric Talley, ‘a faithful and heroic officer’ killed in Boulder shooting, honored in Catholic funeral Mass (RNS) — A Catholic funeral Mass was held Monday (March 29) for Eric Talley, the Boulder police officer who was one of the 10 people killed in the mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store. […]

NEWS BRIEF RNS-Pew-Easter: Poll: Four in 10 US Christians plan to attend in-person Easter services (RNS) — Americans are more confident they can attend in-person religious services but church attendance at Easter services will still be far lower than usual this year, a new Pew Research poll finds. By Yonat Shimron. 300 words. (category: a) […]

(RNS) — The RNS stories that captured moments of resilience and perseverance, and even a few moments of celebration, in this dark time.

(RNS) — ‘I just think that puts a lot of vulnerable people at risk,’ said Greg Jones, dean of the Duke Divinity School.

(RNS) — As in-person worship is banned in many places in the wake of COVID-19, many clergy are scrambling to learn how to shift services online via Zoom, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and other digital platforms.

Our guest on Beliefs podcast this week is Adelle Banks, a national reporter for Religion News Service. Her recent series of articles on slavery and religion was published as Americans commemorate the 400th anniversary of the forced arrival of enslaved Africans in Virginia. Banks joined Beliefs producer Jay Woodward from her home in Maryland. 

WASHINGTON (RNS) — An increasingly vocal band of advocates and experts says the Trump administration’s refugee policies are out of sync with its promises to protect religious minorities from persecution, especially Christians, Yazidis and other groups in the Middle East.

“While the Baptist faith and message says that, ‘The office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by scripture,’ there are many who call themselves ‘complementarians’ who are more flexible when it comes to women teaching men, or even preaching.” – Emily McFarlan Miller   An old debate about complementarianism resurfaced around this year’s […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Religion News Service (RNS) is pleased to announce that its journalists received 8 awards for excellence in religion journalism from the Associated Church Press. Each spring, the Associated Church Press honors faith communicators’ best work published during the previous year with its “Best of the Church Press” award. RNS national correspondent Adelle […]

In the wake of the death of Billy Graham, America’s most famous evangelist, Religion News Service is offering a comprehensive array of stories and commentary on his extraordinary life and more than half century of ministry.

Paula White spoke to the Religion News Association’s annual conference
in Nashville. Pope Francis’ black eye impacted as many as his message in Colombia.
It ‘sure as hell feels like the End Times are getting in a few dress rehearsals right about now.’