Rich Stearns
Faith-based health organizations defend at-risk AIDS initiative from Republicans
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2023
(RNS) — Many faith-based organizations opposed to abortion are fighting for PEPFAR, an AIDS program that some Republicans now claim provides abortion services.
Rich Stearns to retire from charity behemoth World Vision
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — January 10, 2018
(RNS) — During his tenure, World Vision grew to collect $1 billion in annual revenue in 2017, making it No. 15 on Forbes’ list of the nation’s largest charities.
Evangelicals and refugees: Care first, conversion maybe later
By Adelle M. Banks — June 24, 2016
(RNS) 'We feel like as a church our first step is to serve and to do that not so that they’ll become Christians, but because we are Christians,' one pastor said.
In Boston, engaging both sides of the church’s debate on gays (ANALYSIS)
By Jonathan Merritt — April 24, 2015
BOSTON (RNS) The shift in this year's Q conference reflects the reality that conversations about human sexality do not occur in echo chambers of monologue, isolated from those who disagree.
In evangelical nonprofits, women leaders lag behind peers in general market
By Adelle M. Banks — October 22, 2014
(RNS) A new study confirms what many have long suspected -- that many evangelical institutions lag far behind the general marketplace in leadership roles for women.
After World Vision, evangelicals debate boundaries over sexuality
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — April 9, 2014
(RNS) World Vision's reversal raised a stark question: Can you be an evangelical and support same-sex marriage?
World Vision’s Rich Stearns: ‘A bad decision, but we did it with the right motivations’
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 27, 2014
(RNS) "We were trying to find some kind of solution to a divisive issue that would create some space of togetherness around differences within the church. Our regret is that we caused more division instead of finding a place of more unity."
ANALYSIS: World Vision’s gay marriage flip-flop reflects evangelical angst as culture shifts
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 27, 2014
World Vision may have gone back to the status quo, but the larger issue of how religious institutions will handle a growing acceptance of same-sex marriage will not go away. If anything, this is just the beginning.
World Vision reverses course on same-sex marriage policy
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 26, 2014
(RNS) After announcing earlier this week that it would no longer define marriage as between a man and a woman in its employee conduct manual, Christian relief organization World Vision reversed course on Wednesday (March 26).
World Vision to recognize employees’ same-sex marriages
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 24, 2014
(RNS) Christian relief organization World Vision has announced that it will no longer define marriage as between a man and a woman in its employee conduct manual.
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