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Mark Driscoll to launch new church on Easter Sunday
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 16, 2016
(RNS) The launch comes 1 1/2 years after he resigned from Mars Hill Church in Seattle and a month after the filing of a lawsuit accusing him of racketeering there.
Former church elder offers to meet Mars Hill plaintiffs
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 15, 2016
(RNS) A top aide to Mark Driscoll says he is "deeply grieved and saddened" by the closure of Mars Hill Church.
The end of religious identity politics
By Mark Silk — March 15, 2016
No one seems to be voting for their own.
Coptic bishop seeks support from evangelicals
By Adelle M. Banks — March 11, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) After the slaughter of 21 Copts on a Libyan beach, Bishop Angaelos wants the support of all Christians.
Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, and Rock Hudson on AIDS
By Laura Turner — March 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton plays political con game in praising Nancy Reagan for her work on AIDS.
Donald Trump and the preachers he resembles
By David P. Gushee — March 9, 2016
How the worldly Donald Trump dazzles many Christians by resembling their favorite preachers.
“A reconciliation that is not”: An open letter to Wheaton College president (GUEST POST)
By Tobin Grant — March 9, 2016
Wheaton asked for comments. James Skillen (and family) answered.
Dinesh D’Souza, convicted felon, does a scare video on Hillary Clinton
By Laura Turner — March 7, 2016
The video, by a man convicted of stealing, portrays her as leading a vast dark plot to "steal America."
When the governor called in Jesus to defend gay people from Christians
By David P. Gushee — March 7, 2016
Georgia's Republican governor Nathan Deal rejects anti-gay "religious liberty" excesses.
Christianity Today apologizes for ‘son-in-law’ job posting
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 5, 2016
(RNS) In the ad a church elder billed his daughter as a "godly, gorgeous, athletic, educated, careered, humorous, traveled, bilingual, 26-year-old virgin." The editor said the ad was "demeaning and in poor taste."
Mark Driscoll responds to ‘false and malicious’ allegations in lawsuit
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 4, 2016
(RNS) Four former members of the now-defunct Mars Hill Church in Seattle filed a civil racketeering lawsuit Monday (Feb. 29) against the church's controversial ex-pastor.
Gloves are off: Jerry Falwell Jr’s wife fights back against her husband’s critics
By Jonathan Merritt — March 3, 2016
"It's easy for alumni to sit back now and talk about the 'good ole days' at LU when there was no political controversy or bad press but the facts tell a different story," Becki Falwell said.
Trump wins big among nominal evangelicals, less so among most devout
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 2, 2016
(RNS) Self-identification as an evangelical is "a broad brush" in Southern states, where most people identify as Christian, says one pollster.
Falwell’s Trump endorsement criticized by prominent Liberty University board member
By Jonathan Merritt — March 2, 2016
"I’ve been concerned for Liberty University for a couple of months now, and I’ve held my tongue,” Mark DeMoss said on Super Tuesday.
Who killed the Religious Right?
By Mark Silk — March 2, 2016
Super Tuesday put it out of its misery.
