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  Four in 10 Christians plan to attend in-person Easter services

  Americans are becoming more confident they can attend in-person religious services, but church attendance at Easter services will still be far lower than usual this year, a new Pew Research poll finds.

  03/23/2021 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Religious and scientific leaders join vaccine ‘confidence event’

  In a socially distant but united “confidence event” at the Washington National Cathedral, leaders of the Washington area’s faith, medical and political worlds assembled to encourage people of various religions to get COVID-19 vaccinations.

  03/19/2021 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Supreme Court allows student free speech case to continue

  By an 8-1 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled $1 in damages is enough to revive the lawsuit of a Georgia college student who said his free speech rights were violated in 2016 as he attempted to share the gospel.

  03/09/2021 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Baptist leaders square off on Equality Act

  Baptist leaders offered starkly different assessments of the Equality Act, a measure that would ban discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

  03/08/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Proposed Senate Human Rights Commission applauded

  Advocates for international religious freedom and human rights affirmed the bipartisan introduction of a U.S. Senate resolution establishing the Senate Human Rights Commission.

  03/05/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  What is the Equality Act, and what are its implications?

  The U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 25 passed a sweeping LGBTQ rights bill called the Equality Act.

  03/02/2021 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Christian nationalism a threat to Christianity, BJC chief asserts

  Christians should confront Christian nationalism not only because it harms civil society, but also because it dilutes their faith and damages the church, an expert in church-state relations told a webinar audience.

  03/01/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Evangelicals denounce ‘radicalized Christian nationalism’

  More than 500 evangelical pastors and other faith leaders have signed an open letter decrying “radicalized Christian nationalism.”

  02/26/2021 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Faith and medical leaders collaborate to increase vaccinations

  Major health care systems have partnered with Black and Hispanic houses of worship to expand vaccine access, setting up mobile clinics in their parking lots and fellowship halls.

  02/23/2021 - By Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  World Relief in transition after ‘tough season’

  World Relief leaders Scott Arbeiter and Tim Breene are stepping down after a combined 30 years serving the evangelical Christian organization.

  02/16/2021 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Court upholds ruling that blocked Alabama execution

  The U.S. Supreme Court upheld late Feb. 11 a lower-court ruling that blocked Alabama from executing a prisoner because the state would not allow a pastor to be with him.

  02/16/2021 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  Baptist returns to post leading faith-based initiatives office

  Melissa Rogers again to lead the reestablished White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood initiatives.

  02/15/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor