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Trump’s evangelical advisers back voting challenges but stop short of alleging fraud

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Washington DC, US RNS President Donald Trump’s evangelical advisers are backing his challenges to the results of the 2020 election, though most stop short of joining the President’s effort to declare victory despite President-elect Joe Biden’s substantial leads in key swing states. Ralph Reed, head of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, echoed Senate Majority Leader […]

Religious freedom watchdog, facing recent controversy, awaits reauthorisation

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Washington DC, US RNS The US Commission on International Religious Freedom, whose funding runs out on Saturday, could be reauthorised by week’s end if Congress passes an omnibus bill that includes a section recommending it stay in business. Since its creation in 1998, the independent agency has drawn attention to repression of religious minorities across […]

Andrew Brunson, back in US after detention, hopes to return to Turkey one day

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RNS Pastor Andrew Brunson, the American evangelical imprisoned in Turkey for almost two years, says he’d like to return to that country someday. For now, he is grateful to be on US soil. Andrew Brunson speaks during a US Commission on International Religious Freedom event in Washington. He was joined by his wife, Norine, and […]

Inspired by nuns, conservative, progressive evangelicals hop on the bus

Values Bus

RNS It all started with some nuns on a bus. Now, with midterm elections coming up next month, more faith-based organisations are hitting the road to energise religious voters. They include Vote Common Good, which is reaching out to progressive evangelicals, and the Family Research Council’s Values Bus, reaching out to conservative evangelicals. Attendees sign […]