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Former staffers loved Relevant’s mission, but a toxic culture tested their faith
By Jack Jenkins — September 26, 2019
(RNS) — 'I would drive into work every morning and start praying the Lord’s Prayer, because I had no idea if this was going to be a good Cameron day or a bad Cameron day,' one former employee said.
Evangelicals visit West Bank to see life on the other side
By Dan Rabb — June 18, 2018
NABI SALEH, West Bank (RNS) — Christ at the Checkpoint, organized by the tiny evangelical community in the West Bank, brings hundreds of Western evangelicals to the town of Beit Jala to learn about Palestinian story and hear theological arguments against support for the Jewish state.
Unlikely visitor, Rev. Graham campaigns in liberal Berkeley
By Paul O'Donnell — June 1, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Rev. Franklin Graham says he is coming to Berkeley in peace and in a longshot attempt to sway voters to support evangelical Christian candidates.
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.
What baseball can learn from religion
By Lauren Markoe — April 4, 2018
(RNS) — The world of religion offers clues to the causes and consequences of the present troubles. It also suggests what it will take to revive the great American pastime.
A preacher to millions took comfort in a local church pastor
By Yonat Shimron — March 2, 2018
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) — The renowned evangelist believed he too needed the guidance and support of a local pastor — a man he chose to preside at his burial.
Billy Graham was ‘the last nonpartisan evangelical’?
By John G. Stackhouse Jr. — March 1, 2018
(RNS) — 'Most evangelical energies, hours, dollars and prayers do not go toward politics of any stripe, but toward churches, missions, schools and charities, both here and abroad,' writes John G. Stackhouse Jr.
Billy Graham rightfully lies in honor at the Capitol
By Mark Tooley — February 28, 2018
(RNS) — Graham is rightly honored not just as an extraordinary Christian but also as a great American. The two are not mutually exclusive.
5 people whose lives were changed by Billy Graham
By Amy Green, Marshall Allen, and Jason Anthony — February 27, 2018
(RNS) — Across six decades of public ministry, Billy Graham preached to some 215 million people. Here's how he touched the lives of five of them.
Billy Graham: evangelical media pioneer
By Ted Parks — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — Billy Graham's sometimes daring innovations were guided by the simple motivation to remain faithful to a divine message and proclaim it in the most effective way possible.
Billy Graham made sure his integrity was never in question
By Yonat Shimron — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — 'He was a model of financial respectability,' said Graham biographer William Martin. 'There was never a desperation pitch.'
Billy Graham’s other legacy: Best-selling author
By Delta Systems — February 23, 2018
(RNS) — 'Facing Death and the Life After' is just one of the more than 30 books he wrote.
Ruth Graham: The silent rock behind a famous evangelist
By Benedicta Cipolla — February 22, 2018
(RNS) — 'Your counsel, advice, encouragement and prayer have been my mainstay and at times I have almost clung to you in my weakness, in hours of obsession, problems and difficulties,' Billy Graham wrote in a 1963 letter to his wife, Ruth.
Billy Graham: He kept the faith and (mostly) dropped the politics
By RNS staff — February 21, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Billy Graham is remembered for a subtle approach to politics that contrasts sharply with many of today's openly political evangelicals.
Billy Graham leaves a positive interfaith legacy, with a few blemishes
By Holly Lebowitz Rossi — February 21, 2018
(RNS) — One of them was his anti-Semitic remarks made in a taped conversation with President Nixon.
