Essay: The Refugee Act is among President Carter’s greatest legacies. Let’s protect it.

AERLANDE WONTAMO, senior vice president of US programs for World Relief, says the future of resettlement is tenuous under President-elect Trump, who has pledged to suspend refugee admissions ‘on Day 1’…
US election: Asian American evangelicals’ theology is conservative. But that doesn’t mean they vote that way

DEEPA BHARATH, of Associated Press, reports on how Asian American evangelicals are a diverse and evolving group of voters increasingly seeking to distinguish themselves from their white counterparts…
In warning for Trump, evangelical Christian leaders urge ‘Biblical principles’ on immigration

RNS More than 200 evangelical Christian leaders, moderates as well as influential conservatives, have signed an open letter urging the presidential candidates of both parties to reflect “[B]iblical principles on immigration”. While challenging both parties, the letter signals particular discomfort with the approach taken by former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, […]
Seventy-five Christian leaders urge US President, Congress, churches to act on racism, poverty

United States RNS Seventy-five leaders of national Christian organisations and prominent churches have sent a statement to the White House, Congress and congregational leaders calling for greater action to address racism and poverty. “People of color continue to suffer problems related to race – high rates of death during childbirth, for example, and fear of […]
In the US, National Association of Evangelicals launches test to assess, foster racial justice

United States RNS 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. The online “Racial Justice Assessment tool”, posted on the organisation’s website Monday, is designed to provide users with suggestions of books, videos, articles and online courses […]
Arthur Gay, NAE leader who introduced Reagan’s “evil empire” speech, dead at 86

RNS Arthur Gay, an evangelical leader who oversaw the National Association of Evangelicals when President Reagan gave his historic “evil empire” speech, has died at the age of 86. Gay was president of the association from 1982 to 1984 and held the same role at World Relief, its humanitarian arm, from 1991 to 1996. President Ronald Reagan […]
US evangelical group releases climate change report, urges a Biblical mandate for action

Washington DC, US RNS The National Association of Evangelicals unveiled a sweeping report on Monday on global climate change, laying out what its authors call the “Biblical basis” for environmental activism to help spur fellow evangelicals to address the planetary environmental crisis. “Creation, although groaning under the fall, is still intended to bless us. However, […]
In the US, Dobbs decision and fall of Roe met with rejoicing, dismay from faith groups

RNS After nearly 50 years, Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court ruling that legalised abortion nationwide, is no more. In a six-to-three decision on Friday, the Supreme Court over-ruled both Roe, decided in 1973, and a 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v Casey, which reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion. The ruling came in […]
Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave National Association of Evangelicals

United States RNS Commissioners for the Presbyterian Church in America approved a motion to leave the National Association of Evangelicals on Wednesday at the PCA’s General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama. It’s the third time in the past decade the theologically conservative Presbyterian denomination has considered a measure to leave the association, an umbrella organisation of […]
Christian leaders press US lawmakers to extend child tax credit for poor families

Washington DC, US RNS A campaign backed by a broad coalition of Christian leaders will urge Congress to extend the child tax credit to low-income families, hoping to broaden access to the popular financial assistance program after lawmakers allowed an expanded version to expire last year. Beginning with an advertisement in Politico Magazine that will […]