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By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

How Kamala Harris delivers on 150 years of Black women’s political history

(RNS) — The Democrats' presumptive vice presidential nominee rose out of a network of women’s organizations and movements, churches and loving communities by which Black women have transformed themselves since Reconstruction.

August 13, 2020
By Melissa Rogers

Trump couldn’t be more wrong about Biden’s faith

(RNS) — Biden speaks readily and movingly about his personal faith, including the duty to love one’s neighbor. But even more importantly, he lives out his faith on a daily basis.

August 10, 2020
By Emily McFarlan Miller, Jack Jenkins

Jerry Falwell Jr. taking indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University amid calls to step down

(RNS) — Jerry Falwell Jr. is taking an ‘indefinite leave of absence’ from his role at Liberty University.

August 7, 2020
By Alejandra Molina

Judge increases bail for La Luz del Mundo leader to $90 million

(RNS) California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra on July 30 refiled charges against Naasón Joaquín García, months after a California appeals court dismissed García’s criminal case on procedural grounds.

August 6, 2020
By Emily McFarlan Miller

COVID-19 death of ‘well-loved’ Texas pastor shows coronavirus spread to rural areas

(RNS) — A small United Methodist church in Texas is ‘absolutely heartbroken’ after losing its pastor to the coronavirus, according to the church’s district superintendent.

August 5, 2020
By Steven Waldman

Will Tammy Duckworth be the first deist veep since Thomas Jefferson?

(RNS) — If the Illinois senator becomes a national candidate it’s likely the Founding Father’s faith tradition will come to be as controversial as it was in the 19th century.

August 5, 2020

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By Yonat Shimron

Billy Graham statue to replace that of white supremacist in US Capitol

(RNS) — The 10-foot, 10-inch-tall statue of the renowned evangelist will replace a statue of Charles Aycock that both the state of North Carolina and the US House want removed.

August 3, 2020
By Yonat Shimron

Alabama Southern Baptist pastor resigns after speaking at party for a KKK leader

(RNS) — Will Dismukes, who is also a Republican state representative, resigned from his church after offering an invocation at a birthday party honoring a Confederate general who was also the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

July 30, 2020
By Bob Smietana

Embattled megachurch pastor John Ortberg resigns from Menlo Church

(RNS) — The resignation comes after revelations that Ortberg allowed a volunteer who had admitted being attracted to children to continue working with kids at the church and in the community.

July 29, 2020
By Yonat Shimron

Investigation finds no evidence for recent allegations against Chris Heuertz

(RNS) — The investigation followed a public post signed by 33 men and women who wrote that Heuertz ‘has harmed many people.’ But none of the signers was willing to cooperate with the investigator.

July 28, 2020
By Elliot Spagat

Rabbi hurt in California synagogue shooting admits fraud

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Goldstein, who lost a finger in the shooting at Chabad of Poway, admitted to collecting fake donations to the synagogue.

July 15, 2020
By Kathryn Post

Tony Campolo, beloved pastor and social activist, recovering from stroke

(RNS) — Speaker and pastor Tony Campolo had a stroke that partially paralyzed the left side of his face and body; he is now in recovery at a health center.

July 6, 2020

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By Mark Silk

Trump’s 2020 religious attack on Biden harks back to 1800

(RNS) — Then too, a Democrat was charged with being godless.

August 11, 2020
By Sarah Rankin, Elana Schor

With Falwell on leave, Liberty board names Jerry Prevo acting president

The chair of Liberty University's board of trustees will serve as acting president with Jerry Falwell Jr. on leave.

August 10, 2020
By Kathryn Post

LGBT Christians push to overturn Young Life's 'sexual conduct' policy

 (RNS) — #DoBetterYoungLife, a movement advocating for broader LGBT inclusion, has shared hundreds of stories of exclusion, and its petition has garnered over 6,700 signatures.

August 10, 2020