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  Charleston pastor shows solidarity with Sutherland Springs

  In the wake of the shooting massacre at a Texas church, Pastor Eric S.C. Manning has visited members of his own congregation—Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church—to see how they are coping with rekindled memories and ongoing grief.

  11/15/2017 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Pence tells grieving town, ‘Faith is stronger than evil’

  Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Sutherland Springs to offer prayers and words of comfort to a stricken community three days after a lone gunman killed more than two dozen people during a Sunday morning church service.

  11/15/2017 - By Yonat Shimron and  Kimberly Winston / Religion News Service

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  House tax plan weakens Johnson Amendment

  The tax-reform package U.S. House of Representative leaders released Nov. 2 would weaken a provision in the tax code that bars churches from endorsing political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status.

  11/07/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Wedding cake court case draws varied Baptist responses

  Does a Christian baker have the First Amendment right to refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple? It depends on which Baptists you ask.

  11/03/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Conservative black clergy back baker who refused gay couple

  Conservative African-American clergy accused LGBT activists of hijacking the civil rights movement and launched a campaign to support a Colorado baker who refused to create a cake for a same-sex wedding.

  10/24/2017 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Muslims and allies protest travel ban

  After two federal judges ruled against the Trump Administration’s latest travel ban, protesters gathered across the street from the White House to stand in solidarity with Muslims and refugees.

  10/20/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Christians outnumber Muslim refugees to U.S. in last 15 years

  Muslim refugees to the United States, whose numbers have recently increased, have been far outpaced by Christians refugees over the last decade and a half.

  10/12/2017 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Supreme Court dismisses travel ban challenge

  The Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to President Trump’s travel ban on majority-Muslim countries because it has been replaced by a new version, sending the controversy back to the starting block.

  10/12/2017 - By Gregory Korte and Richard Wolf / USA Today

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  Federal judge strikes down clergy housing allowance

  A federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled the U.S. tax code’s ministerial housing allowance is unconstitutional.

  10/11/2017 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  Religious exemption for employers expanded

  The Trump Administration expanded the exemption for employers who cite moral or religious objections to providing their employees insurance coverage for birth control.

  10/10/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptist advocates applaud rule to rein in abusive lending

  Baptist public policy advocates affirmed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for issuing a payday and auto-title loan rule designed to rein in abusive lending practices.

  10/07/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Evangelical leaders urge Trump to condemn the alt-right

  Some prominent Southern Baptist leaders and other evangelicals wrote a letter to President Trump calling on him to do more to condemn white supremacists. Robert Jeffress and Jack Graham of Dallas were not among them.

  10/02/2017 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service