The new report from PRRI also found that many religious Americans support LGBTQ nondiscrimination rights, even those who oppose same-sex marriage.
Opponents of the new ‘doctrinal note’ such as New Ways Ministry, a Catholic LGBTQ outreach organization, blasted the bishops’ statement as ‘neither good theology nor acceptable pastoral care.’
‘The seminary needs a deeper reckoning,’ they wrote, ‘with its current relationship to and investment in modern systems of enslavement.’
The North Carolina churches sued in state courts to leave a denomination they view as having strayed from its theological moorings on LGBTQ issues.
On Thursday, the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates added new exam registration language and dedicated a task force to engage a larger conversation about examination questions.
A law professor shares two ideas that can help us think about polarization on matters of fact.
A recent shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness center in Germany has put a focus on the religious group. Who are they?
The commission also divided up its work into four workgroups: governance, financials, common mission and consultations.
In their annual meeting, the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations acknowledges the impact of using Judges 19 for the January 2023 exegesis exam.
Many histories of the movement have neglected women's stories.
The first episode of “The Mandalorian” Season Three primes the show for another narrative arc that wrestles with identity, religion, justice and family.
We must pay attention to how Haley's presidential campaign and the press treat her religious beliefs, Richard Ostling writes.
The 2023 Oscar nominees largely portray religion as cartoonishly negative, but the movies also acknowledge that a world without religion isn’t great either.
Secularization has fascinated sociologists for 200 years – but that doesn’t mean they always agree on what it is, or how much it’s happening.
They were the ‘original social justice warriors,’ says artist Gracie Morbitzer.
Both sides cite faith in Oklahoma’s recreational marijuana fight.
“We can only hope something like what happened at Asbury would happen here at York. Until then, we watch and wait in hope.”
Two unexpected McCarthy novels prove to be his most religious yet.
They urged Biden to base an order on the structure of H.R. 40, legislation proposed for decades that has yet to pass on Capitol Hill.
A summary of the spring meeting of the Board of Pensions' board of directors.
‘Allowing politics to interfere in the decision-making of congregations,’ said Carlos Carbajal, who leads an immigrant evangelical congregation in Miami, would be a ‘betrayal of the gospel.’
While donations from religious groups constitute less than 20% of RIP Medical Debt's overall revenue, they are becoming an increasingly common way for congregations to do social justice.
The Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations for Candidates announced details for their March meeting, including a livestream link and proposed statement for candidates to sign before taking their exegesis exam.
Reporter Gregg Brekke shares his encounter with Nita Hansen, who started the nonprofit God’s Hidden Treasures over 28 years ago.
Using Utah as a case study, Kelsy Burke and Tyler Lefevor argue that legislation limiting LGBTQ rights is not the inevitable outgrowth of conservative religious beliefs.
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