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Timeline of the life of Billy Graham
By Delta Systems — February 21, 2018
(RNS) — A man who started his career as a Fuller Brush salesman lived an extraordinary life that spanned more than nine decades.
Billy Graham, America’s pre-eminent evangelist, dies at 99
By Alicia C. Shepard and Adelle M. Banks — February 21, 2018
(RNS) — 'He would have to be viewed as by far the most important, single religious figure of the 20th century here in America,' said Randall Balmer, chairman of the religion department at Dartmouth College.
10 Roman Catholic priests arrested in protests in Congo
By Lauren Markoe — January 22, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The church brokered the agreement by which the country's authoritarian leader, President Joseph Kabila, was supposed to have stepped down more than a year ago.
RNS Best of 2017: Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 28, 2017
(RNS) Christian women online have found new platforms to teach, preach and connect. "God isn't trademarked," says Sarah Bessey.
American evangelist leads rare event in communist Vietnam
By Jerome Socolovsky — December 9, 2017
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — More than 10,000 Vietnamese filled up a stadium in a rare Christian evangelistic event led by the Rev. Franklin Graham, who said he wants the communist government to consider Christians its best citizens.
The guy in the red apron: How a Salvation Army bell ringer brings heart to the job
By Bobby Ross Jr. — November 30, 2017
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (RNS) — Some bell ringers wish passers-by 'Merry Christmas' and hope the kettle fills. But many others have honed strategies for making the most of the uncompensated work — for the Salvation Army and all who come within earshot.
House Republicans’ proposed tax reform will lead to church regulation
By Andrew L. Seidel — November 28, 2017
(RNS) — Permitting tax-exempt churches to engage in partisan politicking would throw untold millions — even billions is no exaggeration — of dark money into U.S. elections.
One year later: Is Trump the most pro-life president in modern history?
By Charles C. Camosy — November 15, 2017
(RNS) — Pro-life views are now deeply tied to a man who is associated with sexism, racism and narcissism, and this will be how today’s young people will think of pro-lifers for decades to come, writes Charles C. Camosy. (COMMENTARY)
Did early Christians believe that Mary was a teenager? It’s complicated
By Christopher A. Frilingos — November 14, 2017
(The Conversation) — There are many little-known details in early Christian storytelling about the relationship between Mary and Joseph. Listen up, Jim Zeigler.
A suggestion for younger evangelicals: Lose the label
By Tom Krattenmaker — November 13, 2017
(RNS) — 'Given the baggage it’s taken on, the term is probably not salvageable. The effort to redeem it is probably not worth the cost in time and energy,' writes Tom Krattenmaker.
Billy Graham at 99: He kept the faith and (mostly) dropped the politics
By RNS staff — November 7, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As he celebrates his birthday today, in what his son described as "stable" health, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is kicking of a yearlong celebration of the preacher's past.
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war
By Robert Muggah — November 3, 2017
(THE CONVERSATION) — The expression 'evangelical drug trafficker' may sound incongruous, but in Rio de Janeiro, it’s an increasingly familiar phenomenon.
Evangelical pastor says he was removed from Liberty University campus
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 1, 2017
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — An evangelical pastor and author says he was removed from Liberty University after a concert and threatened with arrest if he returned to campus.
‘Jesus People’ – a movement born from the ‘Summer of Love’
By Larry Eskridge — September 24, 2017
(The Conversation) — Haight-Ashbury proved to be fertile ground for a startling new combination of the hippie style with conservative evangelical Christianity – the 'Jesus People.'
The Nashville Statement is a vision of Christian salvation, Trump-style
By Zach Hoag — August 31, 2017
(RNS) — 'What does it say about conservative evangelicalism in this country if disagreement on this one matter eliminates the possibility of redemption?' writes Zach Hoag.