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  Survey: American evangelicals stand behind Israel

  American evangelicals remain among the strongest supporters of Israel. Most believe God has plans for that nation—now and in the future. And many of America’s preachers say Christians need to support Israel.

  07/16/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Black churches debate the best ways to protect themselves

  Officials of predominantly black denominations are taking different—and sometimes contradictory—approaches in the wake of the shootings in Charleston, S.C., and the burning of more than a half-dozen black churches.

  07/09/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  BJC says same-sex marriage ruling unlikely to affect tax-exemption

  A Baptist group specializing in church/state issues says the threat of churches and other religious organizations losing their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage has been “highly exaggerated.”

  07/03/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage sparks strong response

  In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 the Constitution does not allow the government to deny same-sex couples marital benefits available to married couples of the opposite sex.
  

  06/26/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Supreme Court sides with Muslim woman in hijab dispute

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 1 retailer Abercrombie & Fitch violated the civil rights of a Muslim woman not hired because of her religious head covering.

  06/05/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Memorial Day remembrances in their own words

  For Memorial Day, here are three stories of ordinary Christians—in their own words—who faced extraordinary situations and still celebrate the hope found in Christ in times of crisis and loss.

  05/21/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  CBF and SBC leaders unite against payday loans

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission joined other faith groups in announcing a new coalition to combat predatory lending.

  05/20/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Americans don’t want student religious groups defunded for restrictive leadership policies

  A dispute over who can lead student religious groups has left Americans uneasy, but few want to see groups punished for requiring their leaders to hold specific beliefs or practices.

  05/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Appoint envoy for persecuted Mideast Christians, activists urge

  In light of beheadings, enslavement, kidnappings and rape plaguing minority religious communities, the Washington-based International Religious Freedom Roundtable has called on President Obama to fill the State Department’s ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom position, which has been vacant for months.

  05/01/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Analysis: Colliding visions of marriage at the Supreme Court

  As the nine Supreme Court justices took up the vexing question of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage April 28, arguments came down to two competing visions of marriage—what it’s been or what it should be—and who gets to decide.

  04/29/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Oklahoma Supreme Court urged to strike down school voucher program

  Four religious freedom and civil liberties groups say a scholarship program for children with disabilities violates a “No Aid” clause in the state’s constitution banning the use of public funds for religious indoctrination.

  04/15/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Southern Baptist leaders fear legal gay marriage will censor free speech

  Southern Baptist leaders are among parties in a Liberty Institute friend-of-the-court brief defending the right to free speech in the volatile debate over gay marriage.

  04/09/2015 - By John Rutledge