Kentucky
Joe Biden is not on the ‘same page’ as Pope Francis on the Israel-Hamas war
By John Stowe — November 2, 2023
(RNS) — Until he calls for a cease-fire, Biden will be at odds with a pontiff who rejects war as a tool for peace.
Citing disruptions to school and town, Asbury authorities move to end 13 days of revival
By Fiona Morgan — February 20, 2023
WILMORE, Kentucky (RNS) — An estimated 50,000 have flocked to the rolling revival meeting in this tiny Central Kentucky town.
Evangelical Christians’ abortion strategy may have cost them more than an election
By Valerie Cooper — November 21, 2022
(RNS) — Having lost their children as voters, they look likely to lose their young people as co-religionists.
3 Jewish women file suit against Kentucky abortion bans on religious grounds
By Yonat Shimron — October 7, 2022
(RNS) — It's the third such suit brought by Jewish organizations or individuals since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, claiming the state is imposing a Christian understanding of when life begins.
As states ban abortion, a new spotlight on an old battle over sex education
By Riley Farrell — July 14, 2022
(RNS) — Half of the states set to ban abortion have no mandate that schools teach sex education. Only four require curricula to address contraception.
In tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service
By Holly Meyer — December 16, 2021
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Despite suffering damage to their own church buildings, First Baptist staff and volunteers mobilized to provide whatever they can to help survivors cope with the disaster's aftermath
Kentucky contracts with Baptist-affiliated children’s agency
By Bruce Schreiner — July 16, 2021
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky reached a contract deal Thursday to continue placing youngsters with a Baptist-affiliated children’s agency.
High court ruling cited in Kentucky child services dispute
By Bruce Schreiner — June 18, 2021
(AP) — Republicans in the commonwealth pounced on the Supreme Court ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia to again press the governor to renew a foster care agency's contract.
Kentucky ties to Baptist kids agency at risk over LGBTQ rights
By Bruce Schreiner — May 28, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Baptist-affiliated Sunrise Children’s Services is refusing to sign a clause in a new contract with the state that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation.
It’s unfair to say Christians’ pro-life stance ends at birth
By Trillia Newbell — May 21, 2019
(RNS) — God is always working in ways we don’t often see. Evidently, so are his people.
Praying for students in Kentucky
By Mark Silk — March 21, 2018
(RNS) — Kentucky could soon have a new law on prayer for its students, and given what Gov. Matt Bevin is saying about their teachers, they'll need it.
Kentucky considers law on student prayer
By RNS staff — March 19, 2018
(RNS) — 'A Day of Prayer for Kentucky's Students' would be voluntary, state lawmakers say.
Kentucky clerk now fighting gay marriage in Romania
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 13, 2017
A Florida-based conservative Christian organization says that Kim Davis is visiting the Central European country this week to support a nationwide effort to explicitly ban gay marriage.
Kentucky could become first state without an abortion clinic
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 22, 2017
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin makes no apologies for waging a licensing fight against a Louisville clinic that is the last remaining facility performing abortions in the state.
Kentucky’s shrewd move to promote a Christian nationalist agenda
By John Fea — July 7, 2017
(RNS) If Kentucky couldn't bring Christianity and the Bible back into the schools in an overt way, it could at least bring it into the curriculum under the guise of history and social studies.
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