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White evangelicals say election results in God’s plan

Seven out of 10 white evangelical Americans believe God played a role in putting Donald Trump back in the White House after the 2024 election—and that the same number said God’s plan was also for Joe Biden to be president four years earlier.

09/12/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Charlie Kirk killed in shooting at Utah campus event

Charlie Kirk, an evangelical Christian activist and social media personality who rallied young Americans to Donald Trump’s MAGA cause, died Sept. 10 after being shot while addressing a crowd at an Utah university.

09/11/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Report links mass atrocities to religious freedom violations

Violations of religious freedom often precede mass atrocities such as genocide and crimes against humanity, a report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom concludes.

09/10/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Department of War quotes Bible on social media

Videos praising the military while quoting the Bible have flooded the former Department of Defense’s social media accounts over the past few weeks.

09/10/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

Obituary: Harold Bell Wood

Harold Bell Wood Jr., longtime volunteer with the Texas Baptist Men cabinetmakers, died Sept. 8. He was 92.

09/10/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Slim majority backs physician-assisted suicide

A Lifeway Research study of U.S. adults finds 51 percent think it is morally acceptable for a person facing a painful terminal disease to ask for a physician’s aid in taking his or her life.

09/10/2025 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

Trump denounces perceived anti-Christian bias

In a Sept. 8 speech given at the Museum of the Bible, President Donald Trump vowed his administration would combat “anti-Christian bias,” spurring cheers from the crowd.

09/09/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Task force report asserts discrimination against Christians

A report from a task force on anti-Christian discrimination asserts there was a “consistent and systematic pattern of discrimination against Christians during the Biden Administration.”

09/09/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Around the State: HPU announces new research center

Howard Payne University announced the creation of the Center for Faculty and Student Research.

09/09/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Church-starting leader JV Thomas dead at age 94

James Virgil “JV” Thomas Jr., who led Texas Baptists’ church-starting initiatives to new heights, died Aug. 27 in Colleyville. He was 94.

09/08/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Baptist leaders among speakers at Ascent Summit 2026

Several Baptist leaders will be among the keynote speakers at the inaugural Ascent Summit, March 10-12 at Columbia Church in Falls Church, Va.

09/08/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Russian pastor sentenced for preaching against war

A 63-year-old Russian Pentecostal pastor received a four-year sentence for preaching against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an Oslo-based news service focused on human rights and religious freedom reported.

09/08/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor