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  After Hurricane Helene, faith groups ramp up disaster relief

  en before Hurricane Helene made landfall in the United States on Sept. 26, faith-based disaster groups were on the move.

  10/01/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Church leaders urged to reimagine future for buildings

  As many as 100,000 church-owned buildings are expected to be sold or repurposed by 2030, according to an analysis in a new book.

  09/27/2024 - By G. Jeffrey MacDonald / Religion News Service

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  Springfield faith leaders stand with embattled migrants

  When a comment about immigrants during a presidential debate thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the national spotlight, the city’s faith community rallied in support of their Haitian immigrant neighbors.

  09/17/2024 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

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  Christian nationalists likely to support authoritarianism

  Americans who hold Christian nationalist views are also likely to express support for forms of authoritarianism, according to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute.

  09/17/2024 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Haitian pastors decry claim immigrants stealing, eating pets

  A group of Haitian Southern Baptist pastors condemned false claims that fuel xenophobia and perpetuate damaging stereotypes.

  09/14/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Evangelical leaders pledge allegiance to Jesus alone

  More than 350 evangelical leaders—including some Texas Baptists—have endorsed a “Confession of Evangelical Conviction,” affirming allegiance to Jesus Christ and his gospel alone, “apart from any partisan agenda.”

  09/09/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Trump shifts on abortion, some evangelicals still supportive

  Former President Donald Trump’s shifting rhetoric on abortion has unsettled some conservative faith-based activists. But several of Trump’s long-term evangelical supporters are insisting the former presiden remains the best candidate for their cause.

  09/09/2024 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Suburban D.C. county most religiously diverse in 2023

  Montgomery County, Md., a suburb of Washington, D.C., was the most religiously diverse county in the United States last year, according to a census released Aug. 29 by the Public Religion Research Institute.

  09/04/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  Complaint filed over Johnson Amendment’s application

  The National Religious Broadcasters association has joined a complaint alongside two East Texas churches calling for the Johnson Amendment to be declared unconstitutional.

  08/30/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Texas lawmaker-seminarian opposes Christian nationalism

  At a time when some evangelicals see voting for a Democrat as incompatible with being a Christian, Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, asserts his Christian faith leads him to support the Democratic Party and its presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.

  08/26/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Supreme Court rejects new Title IX rule emergency request

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 16 rejected an emergency request from the Biden Administration that would have required the enforcement of new Title IX regulations released in April of this year.

  08/20/2024 - By Laura Erlanson / Baptist Press

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  Diverse Christians rally for Kamala Harris

  A diverse group of Christians is throwing support behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ White House bid, organizing fundraisers and Zoom calls.

  08/19/2024 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service