Presbyterian churches, including St. Andrew's in Austin and Lake View in Chicago, are stepping up efforts to provide support to vulnerable migrants amid heightened immigration enforcement.
Graham defended the Trump administration's review of USAID funding as an important step in reining in federal waste and fraud.
Since he was inaugurated in January, President Donald Trump has faced virtually constant pushback from faith groups, including in the courts.
‘The U.S. is a spiritual place, a religious place, where we’ve seen signs of religious stabilization in the midst of longer-term decline,’ said Gregory Smith, a senior associate director of research at Pew Research Center.
Most startling is not the dismantling of government agencies that help others, but the public’s tolerance for these actions. — Kelly Brown Douglas
The statement is signed by 11 Christian LGBTQ groups, including More Light Presbyterians, representing tens of thousands of constituents and roughly 5,000 congregations.
The Rev. Jamal Bryant said he hopes 100,000 ‘conscientious Christians’ will have signed up by March 5 to mark the ‘season of denial’ by fasting from shopping at Target.
‘The courts are still working in this country,’ said Mark Hetfield, head of HIAS, a Jewish organization that works with refugees. ‘Thank God.’
More than 300 faith communities have lost access to grant funds that were intended to plant trees in disadvantaged urban communities, environmental faith leaders who managed the grants told RNS.
The PC(USA) has joined more than two dozen faith groups to challenge an effective freeze on the federal refugee resettlement program and defend a rule preventing immigration law enforcement agencies from raiding houses of worship and other sensitive locations.
Airport chaplain Nace Lanier, among the first to respond to the midair collision near Washington's airport, joined a team 'to holistically care for the hurting and confused.'
Moving forward, experts say, private donations and volunteers from local faith groups will be more crucial than ever.
In less than four months, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church has doled out more than $3.5 million in rent support to hundreds of people who have walked through its doors.
'The people who are in danger are the people who fear for their lives and their livelihoods,’ Budde said in an interview. ‘That’s where the focus should be.’
Kirk is positioning himself as not only Trump’s fiercest backer in the religious right but an enforcer of Trumpian dogma.
All of this full and good life was funded by an unapologetic conviction about the mercy of God at work in the gospel of Jesus Christ. — Beverly Roberts Gaventa
A new ad urges supporters to buy a Bible commemorating Trump's return to the White House. The new edition of the God Bless the USA Bible features Trump's name on the cover and will be on sale until Jan. 19.
The renowned New Testament scholar and former dean of Duke Divinity School described his most recent book as an act of repentance for the way his work had been used to harm LGBTQ people and to divide Christians.
Carter was the only U.S. president to have taught Sunday school while in office, according to the White House Historical Association.
'During the holidays, we are practicing relational spirituality and engaging in our awakened brain,' said one professor of psychology.
‘As a trans person myself, I know that I’m just as much an image of God as a cisgender, heterosexual person of whatever color, race and creed,’ said the Rev. M.E. Eccles, a trans Episcopal priest.
For some churches, starting a dog park turns underused church property into a place for community.
Robinson voiced deep frustration with the critics of U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, who is the first openly transgender person elected to Congress and an ordained Presbyterian elder.
The former Arkansas governor and pastor-turned-Fox News host has been a supporter of Israel since his first visit in the 1970s. He sees the growth of Israel as a sign that biblical prophecies are true.
‘Our people were elated, for the most part, over the election results,’ said Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist pastor.
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