Tony Perkins
Can DeSantis break Trump’s hold on the religious right?
By Jacob Lupfer — March 30, 2023
(RNS) — It’s a time for choosing.
Why we need to seek the discomfort of others
By Simran Jeet Singh — February 10, 2023
(RNS) — People ask me why I put myself in these positions of discomfort and uncertainty.
Democrats call on IRS to review Family Research Council’s ‘church’ status
By Jack Jenkins — August 2, 2022
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Given that the (Family Research Council) is primarily an advocacy organization and not a church, we urge the IRS to swiftly review the tax-exempt status,’ reads a letter sent to the IRS and the Treasury secretary.
Religious right groups’ tax-status changes demean both church and state
By Jacob Lupfer — July 13, 2022
(RNS) — No honest person would call the political organization a church.
Nigeria’s blasphemy laws are the religious freedom crisis no one is talking about
By Frederick A. Davie and Tony Perkins — February 5, 2021
(RNS) — The United States needs to incentivize the Nigerian government to uphold religious freedoms enshrined in the West African country's constitution.
Biden’s first 100 days: What’s not for evangelicals to like?
By Jonathan Merritt — January 25, 2021
(RNS) — Biden’s agenda for his first 100 days shares many concerns championed by white evangelicals.
State Department adds Nigeria to list of most serious religious freedom violators
By Adelle M. Banks — December 9, 2020
(RNS) — The State Department redesignated nine other nations as ‘countries of particular concern’: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
What’s behind the ‘Cuties’ outrage?
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 18, 2020
(RNS) — The movie has provoked backlash since it landed last week on Netflix, the popular TV and movie streaming service. But what is the movie about, and why has it struck such a dissonant chord?
Trump’s 2020 religious attack on Biden harks back to 1800
By Mark Silk — August 11, 2020
(RNS) — Then too, a Democrat was charged with being godless.
In calls with faith leaders, White House focuses on virus as well as election
By Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins — March 24, 2020
(RNS) — ‘It’s a big day, Nov. 3; that’s going to be one of the biggest dates in the history of religion, as far as I’m concerned,’ Trump said.
Katherine Stewart on Christian nationalism’s push to undermine democratic norms
By Yonat Shimron — March 6, 2020
(RNS) — Her new book, ‘The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism,’ is intended as a wake-up call — directed at more liberal Christians concerned with the fusion of God and country.
Trump poses a challenge for the US religious freedom commission
By Mark Silk — February 28, 2020
(RNS) — Trump supporters on the panel can't seem to muster criticism for the president's strongman allies.
Religious freedom agency reauthorized with Trump’s signature
By Adelle M. Banks — December 20, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The agency, created in 1998, had faced a range of controversies in the months leading up to the reauthorization.
Religious freedom watchdog, facing recent controversy, awaits reauthorization
By Adelle M. Banks — December 18, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — USCIRF Chair Tony Perkins told Religion News Service that the commissioners are satisfied with the current proposed language but all of them considered the earlier proposal to be 'very problematic.'
Congress must reauthorize religious freedom agency for prisoners of faith
By Andrew Brunson — December 17, 2019
(RNS) — Little more than a year ago, I stood in a Turkish courtroom facing 35 years in prison. I was saved in part by a little-known U.S. commission that is facing extinction if Congress fails to act.
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