Donald Trump
What do evangelicals want from Trump on foreign policy?
By Jacob Lupfer — June 13, 2018
(RNS) — As President Trump's attention turns to international affairs, members of his loyal evangelical Protestant base need to ask themselves: What do we want out of U.S. foreign policy?
For many South Korean Christians, reunification is a religious goal
By Diane Winston — June 11, 2018
Many Christian South Koreans see reunification of the Korean peninsula as a religious goal as much as a political one. And if reunification, as opposed to reconciliation, seems an uphill struggle, they believe that with faith anything is possible.
North Korean detainee speaks about his ordeal
By Heather Adams — June 5, 2018
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Imprisoned in North Korea for about a year, Kim Hak Song is back in the United States, preaching and giving his testimony to his home church. About his detention, he says he spent most of his time committing the 'crime' that got him arrested: Praying.
How evangelicals teamed up with the White House on prison reform
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 25, 2018
(RNS) — As the First Step Act passes the U.S. House of Representatives, the country’s largest Christian prison ministry says there’s 'never been greater interest in America in criminal justice reform.'
The new American embassy’s messianic moment
By Mark Silk — May 15, 2018
Zechariah has his day in Jerusalem.
New US policy toward Jerusalem will advance peace in the region
By John Hagee — May 15, 2018
(RNS) — The decision to update American policy regarding the holy city was both right and righteous.
Is Jerusalem embassy part of God’s grand plan? Why some evangelicals love Israel
By John Fea — May 15, 2018
(RNS) — Many American evangelicals cheered because they understood the United States' recognition of Jerusalem as the 'once and eternal' capital of Israel as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy.
For some, the US Embassy’s move to Jerusalem fulfills divine prophecy
By Paul O'Donnell — May 14, 2018
JERUSALEM (RNS) — For many evangelical Christians and Orthodox Jews, the controversial relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is not only a smart political move, but the fulfillment of divine prophecy.
Trump marks National Day of Prayer with new faith initiative
By Adelle M. Banks — May 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'We take this step because we know that in solving the many, many problems and our great challenges, faith is more powerful than government and nothing is more powerful than God,' he said in a Rose Garden ceremony.
New executive order aims to protect religious liberty from government overreach
By Adelle M. Banks — May 2, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The president plans to sign the order in a Rose Garden ceremony Thursday (May 3) that is expected to be attended by members of his Cabinet and some 200 representatives of religious groups.
Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
By Mark Sherman — April 25, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — People waited in line for seats for days, and on Wednesday morning opponents of the ban demonstrated outside the court holding signs that read 'No Muslim Ban. Ever' and 'Refugees Welcome,' among other things.
Trump’s Muslim ban is an affront to American values
By Rachel K. Laser — April 25, 2018
(RNS) — The Muslim ban’s true intent is to narrow the space for religious diversity in our country and please those who seek to re-establish Christian hegemony in American religious life.
The lesson of the loaves and fishes — lost on the House Agriculture Committee
By James H. Willis — April 24, 2018
(RNS) — The hoarding of the nation's abundance comes at a cost.
Travel ban case is justices’ first dive into Trump policy
By Mark Sherman — April 24, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The justices' first deep dive into a Trump administration policy comes in a dispute over the third and latest version of the administration's ban on travel from some countries with majority Muslim populations.
Still evangelical? Literary festival panelists question label after Trump, #MeToo
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 18, 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) — More than a year into Trump’s presidency, female Christian writers discussed how it has strained their relationships with American evangelicalism.
