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  Most U.S. congregations coping during COVID-19

  A new study from the Lake Institute on Faith and Giving reveals most congregations have fared well during the pandemic, with both participation and finances holding steady.

  10/02/2020 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Most evangelicals choose Trump but clear divide exists

  A new LifeWay Research survey finds President Donald Trump with a sizable lead over Democratic nominee Joe Biden among likely voters with evangelical beliefs. Deep divides, however, persist among evangelicals across ethnic lines.

  09/29/2020 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Evangelicals decry reported hysterectomies on detainees

  A group of evangelical Christian leaders called for the federal government to make public its investigation into a report of hysterectomies performed on women without their consent at a Georgia immigrant detention center.

  09/21/2020 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  Many Christians remain ambivalent about racial justice

  As racial tensions have risen in recent months, a new report reveals some Christians are becoming less motivated to act on racial justice, and an increasing share say there is “definitely” not a race problem in the country.

  09/16/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Falwell resigns from Liberty University amid scandal

  Jerry Falwell Jr., the embattled president of Liberty University and one of President Donald Trump’s earliest and most vocal supporters, has resigned from the evangelical Christian university founded by his father.

  08/25/2020 - By Yonat Shimron, Emily McFarlan Miller & Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Falwell takes leave of absence from Liberty University

  Jerry Falwell Jr. is taking an “indefinite leave of absence” from his role as president of Liberty University.

  08/10/2020 - By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Baptist confirmed as USAF deputy chief of chaplains

  The U.S. Senate confirmed Col. Randall (Randy) E. Kitchens, a Southern Baptist chaplain, as the U.S. Air Force’s 27th deputy chief of chaplains on July 30. The confirmation entails the promotion to the rank of brigadier general.

  08/04/2020 - By Brandon Elrod / Baptist Press

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  Billy Graham statue slated to replace one of white supremacist

  A life-sized statue of evangelist Billy Graham is on track to be installed in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall collection sometime next year, replacing a statue of a white supremacist that both the state of North Carolina and the U.S. House want removed.

  08/04/2020 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Can Christian focus on race move from reconciliation to justice?

  For decades, many white evangelical Christians have used the term “racial reconciliation” when they talked about cultivating improved race relations. They avoided “racial justice” language—often heard in recent months in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and other Black people in police custody.

  07/31/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Court’s denial of request from Nevada church draws dissent

  Some religious freedom advocates and four justices expressed strong disagreement with the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to grant relief to a church seeking equal treatment under Nevada’s COVID-19 restrictions.

  07/29/2020 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  U.S. urged to accept persecuted refugees and asylum seekers

  Christians fleeing religious persecution abroad increasingly are denied access to safety in the United States, according to a new report urging the Trump administration to reverse the trend.

  07/13/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Evangelical group urges Trump not to rescind DACA

  A group of evangelical Christian leaders have asked President Trump to hold off on another effort to rescind a program for certain undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.

  07/10/2020 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press