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Southern Baptist Mike Johnson elected House Speaker

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., the newly elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is a Southern Baptist who served as a trustee of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

10/25/2023 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

State-sponsored religious school in Oklahoma challenged

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a lawsuit to block the nation’s first state-sponsored religious charter school.

10/25/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Rising hatred decried at religious freedom act’s 25th year

Religious freedom advocates lamented the loss of civilian lives in the Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism and Islamophobia on the 25th anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act.

10/25/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Want to fix nation’s woes? Get to know your neighbors

Author and researcher Seth Kaplan has some advice for Americans on how to address the country’s most vexing problems. Get to know your neighbors. Then get to work making the community you live in better for everyone.

10/24/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

US evangelical leaders support Israel’s right to self-defense

American evangelical Christian leaders responded Oct. 11 to the attacks on Israel by Hamas by issuing a letter calling for moral clarity, both supporting Israel’s right to defend itself and proclaiming the need to protect the lives of innocent civilians.

10/11/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Few religious Americans see climate change as a crisis

Beliefs on the severity of climate change have not shifted much among religious traditions over the past decade and few religious Americans view climate change as a crisis, according to the PRRI study published Oct. 4.

10/05/2023 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

School board member sues over right to quote the Bible

An Arizona school board member who was instructed to stop quoting Bible passages during board meetings filed a federal lawsuit against her district Sept. 27.

10/03/2023 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

Few persecuted Christians find refuge in US, report shows

Fewer Christians fleeing persecution in their native countries have found a safe harbor in the United States in the past half-decade, according to a new report from a pair of Christian nonprofits.

09/26/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

National Association of Evangelicals posts racial justice tool

The National Association of Evangelicals has launched a new resource to help Christians assess where they stand on racial justice and then take appropriate next steps to further race relations.

09/26/2023 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Christian lawmakers push battle over church and state

A collection of state legislators and local government officials gathered recently with one unifying purpose—to change the social fabric of the country and return America to what it says are its Judeo-Christian origins.

09/13/2023 - By Harry Larson and Francesca D’Annunzio / Religion News Service

White evangelical pulpits and pews politically in sync

A new study published in the latest issue of Politics and Religion, a quarterly journal, shows there’s no evidence white evangelical clergy are less conservative politically than their congregations.

08/10/2023 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Falwell sues university alleging trademark infringement

Jerry Falwell Jr., former president of Liberty University, is suing the school, arguing administrators are committing trademark infringement by using his late father’s likeness without consulting with the family.

08/01/2023 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service