The Saudi crown prince’s Vision 2030 program includes rolling back the religious hierarchy’s power over domestic and foreign policies.
Ray has "a deep awareness" of where theology intersects with race, politics, and culture.
Greta Lindecrantz sees her work in legal defense as opposing execution as punishment, her pastor said, so she doesn't want to aid the prosecution.
Magdalene House Kerrville—a sister organization of the program in Nashville, Tennessee—serves survivors of sex trafficking, prostitution, and addiction.
Fackre was influential in the formation of the United Church of Christ and wrote the five-volume work The Christian Story.
Before his consecration as bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, Azar was a pastor in Jerusalem's Old City for three decades.
Walker was "a legend in his own right," said the current president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which Walker also led.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf handed over power in the West African nation's first peaceful transition in decades.
He is best known for his 1984 book The Nature of Doctrine and his engagement in the ecumenical movement.
“He was a tireless advocate of racial and gender justice in the church,” a colleague said, “often at great cost to his own career.”