Sanctuary churches: Trump won’t ban immigration arrests at churches. Now clergy are weighing how to resist
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, LUIS ANDRES HENAO and DEEPA BHARATH, of Associated Press, report on how faith communities are preparing to respond to Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown…
Southern Baptist trustees back agency president but warn against needless controversy
Nashville, Tennessee, US AP Less than two months after the Southern Baptists’ policy arm issued an embarrassing retraction of an announcement of its leader’s firing, it gave him a strong vote of confidence this week — but with a caution against stirring unnecessary controversy. Trustees for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission affirmed both their president, […]
Southern Baptist Convention: What is the ERLC and why do Southern Baptists keep getting mad at its leader?
Turmoil at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has increased calls to disband the denomination’s public policy arm, but some SBC pastors say it can and should be saved. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Oops. Southern Baptist agency announces firing of its leader, then retracts that announcement
United States AP In under 48 hours, the head of the staunchly conservative public-policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention rankled fellow Baptists by applauding President Joe Biden’s “selfless act” of withdrawing his candidacy for re-election. Then, his agency reported he was fired – and now they have reaffirmed his leadership. The head-spinning series of […]
More than 10,000 Southern Baptists gather for meeting that could bar churches with women pastors
Indianapolis, US AP More than 10,000 voting representatives gathered Tuesday for the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention’s two-day annual meeting, where they will vote on whether to ban churches with women pastors and deliberate yet again on how to respond to sexual abuse within churches. Some 10,553 messengers, as delegates are known, are meeting […]
In the US, Southern Baptist ethics committee says IVF is immoral, tells Christians to oppose it
RNS The chief ethicist for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination wants the Federal Government to clamp down on in-vitro fertilisation, saying it causes harm to children and their mothers. Many infertile couples who undergo IVF treatment are unaware of the moral danger it poses, Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious […]
US conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid
United States RNS Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Saturday, clearing the way for the measures to go to the Senate. Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious […]
Conservative Christians praise Trump’s anti-abortion record but say he’s stopped short of the goal
United States AP For conservative, anti-abortion Christians, former President Donald Trump delivered in four years what no other Republican before him had been able to do: A conservative majority US Supreme Court that would go on to overturn Roe v Wade, a Holy Grail of the movement. With abortion rights now controlled by each state, rather than […]
US-Mexico border: Many Christian voters in US see immigration as a crisis. How to address it is where they differ.
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on the differing stances among US Christians on the issue of immigration…
US election: In Iowa and beyond, evangelical Christian voters follow their party more than their faith
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…