Rachel Held Evans
LifeWay Christian Resources to close all stores in 2019
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 20, 2019
(RNS) — LifeWay Christian Resources announced Wednesday (March 20) it will close all of its brick-and-mortar stores this year.
In new book, Rachel Held Evans gets ‘Inspired’ by the Bible
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 15, 2018
(RNS) — In her fourth book, Evans explores what the Bible is and how it’s read. She describes its origin stories and resistance stories, investigates their contexts and interpretations and even retells a few along the way.
Publishing in Color conference helps spiritual writers from minority groups get a foot in the door
By Jana Riess — June 15, 2018
African American, Latinx, and other minority groups are underrepresented in religion publishing and writing. Next week, the Publishing in Color conference in New Jersey sets out to help them get a foot in the door.
Female evangelical leaders call on the church to speak out on violence against women
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 20, 2017
(RNS) — Signers of the #SilenceIsNotSpiritual statement include more than 140 pastors, professors, heads of parachurch organizations and popular authors and speakers such as Jen Hatmaker, Rachel Held Evans, Ann Voskamp, Amena Brown and Helen Lee.
When the evangelical establishment comes after you
By David P. Gushee — July 17, 2017
(RNS) — Whatever abuse you take for standing with LGBTQ people is nothing compared to the abuse they suffer every day.
Notable Christians who’ve had a change of heart on LGBT issues
By Madeleine Buckley — July 12, 2017
(RNS) These 10 people have publicly broken with Christian hard-line positions against same-sex marriage.
Please don’t write that memoir
By Jana Riess — September 1, 2016
I'm joining Rachel Held Evans, Father James Martin, and others in teaching a $99 online course to help writers become published authors. But one piece of advice is: you might want to hold off on that memoir. ;-)
Election campaign makes some evangelicals reject name
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 15, 2016
(RNS) Support for Trump among many evangelicals is the last straw.
Rachel Held Evans, others nominated to advise President Obama
By Adelle M. Banks — February 1, 2016
(RNS) She joins ministers from the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church nominated to a White House advisory council.
A mama knows best, so let’s let her decide (COMMENTARY)
By Rachel Held Evans — May 7, 2015
(RNS) We cannot allow simplistic, self-focused narratives about contraception and family planning to keep us from helping women who, really, aren't much different from us.
Top 12 pastor stunts: Living as an atheist is just the latest ministry gimmick
By David Gibson — January 14, 2014
(RNS) The rise of the entertainment industry, combined with a focus on marketing techniques to preach the faith or build up a church, have sparked a penchant for ministry gimmicks that go well beyond the old dunk tank.
Pastor’s tornado tweets stir up a theological debate
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — May 23, 2013
(RNS) Popular evangelical author and speaker John Piper regularly tweets Bible verses, but two verses tweeted after the Oklahoma tornado struck some as at best insensitive and at worst bad theology.
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