Russian Baptist leader targeted, flees home after praying for peace
Yuri Sipko, a former president of the Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists in Russia, fled his homeland in August when authorities attempted to arrest him for publicly praying for peace in Ukra...
New survey: Republicans and White evangelicals are outliers in fear of immigrants invading US
The gap between US adults on immigration is steadily widening as conservatives increasingly embrace anti-immigrant attitudes t...
New poll documents role and influence of chaplains
American adults who have been served by chaplains hail the ministers for providing compassionate and effective care during som...
Interfaith coalition launches bus tour against Christian nationalism
A coalition of Pennsylvania faith leaders and activists have launched a multi-faith and multi-racial bus tour to oppose Christ...
Christian Athlete Circles provides alternative space in sports
Georgia McKee excelled at sports throughout childhood and played Division I college softball, which enabled her to know some of the nation’s best athletes....
Ukrainians’ best path to US runs through Mexico
A small but determined group of Ukrainian asylum seekers has discovered that the quickest route to safety in the United States currently runs through Mexico, immigrant rights advocates say....
HBCUs remain unshaken after recent bomb threats
Domestic terrorists who recently threatened to bomb nearly 20 historically Black colleges and universities utterly failed if their goal was to shake student commitment to their schools and to each ...
Following successful campaign, Virginia
interfaith leaders explain how other states can
abolish the death penalty
Connecting legislation with spirituality and supporters with tangible actions propelled death penalty opponents in Virginia to victory, said two organizers of the movement during a March 29 webinar...
Faith groups distribute USDA food boxes, despite Trump’s intrusion
Millions of boxes of USDA surplus food are being shipped with mandated letters from President Donald Trump asserting his concern to protect the well-being of Americans struggling through the corona...
Moderate churches face a particular challenge
New research predicting the rise of religious progressives and a conservative decline presents a challenge to those in the middle, including moderate Baptists, according to some leading Baptist and...
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