Kathryn Post
Lawsuit accuses ACNA congregation of negligence that led to child sexual abuse
When Cherin Marie joined Christ Our Light Anglican Church in 2013, she couldn’t imagine filing a lawsuit against the close-knit Anglican Church in North America church plant in Big Rock, Illinois, ...
Canada's Indigenous Anglican archbishop resigns after 'sexual misconduct'
An archbishop in the Anglican Church of Canada has resigned due to “acknowledged sexual misconduct,” according to a letter from Linda Nicholls, the denomination’s top official.
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Princeton Theological Seminary removes slaveholder name from chapel
Princeton Theological Seminary’s board has unanimously voted to dissociate the name of slaveholder and anti-abolitionist Samuel Miller from the school’s chapel.
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Reformed Church in America splits
On New Year’s Day, 43 congregations of the Reformed Church in America split from the national denomination, one of the oldest Protestant bodies in the United States, in part over theological differ...
Texas judge rules religious businesses exempt from LGBTQ bias claims
For-profit businesses with sincerely held religious beliefs are exempt from LGBTQ discrimination liability under a decision by a federal judge in Texas....
Rural chaplains support communities facing labor shortages, hate groups
On any given day, Bob Klingler, a rural chaplain in northwestern Pennsylvania, might be cleaning a flooded basement, facilitating an antiracist workshop, or leading worship from the bay of a livest...
From luxury stays to ‘champing,’ churches adopt pandemic-era Airbnb models
After the death of its founding pastor a few years ago, membership at Cullen Missionary Baptist Church in Houston took a nosedive.
...AME general conference votes to form committee to study LGBTQ issues
A day after its general conference voted down a bill that would have allowed clergy to perform same-sex marriages, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, meeting in Orlando, Florida, passed a reso...
Study finds that young queer people quit organized religion almost twice as much as others
Taylor Valci was seven the first time she spoke in tongues....
VeggieTales creator creates viral video explaining racism
In June, Phil Vischer—creator of VeggieTales and voice of Bob the Tomato in the popular Christian animated series—posted a now viral video called “Race in America” that attempts to answer ...
Emerging movement suggests young Christians are hungry for liturgy, ritutal
Every service at the Cathedral at the Gathering Place begins with an incense-filled procession of the crucifer and the Gospel, followed by the singing of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as ...
Liberty University instructor resigns after Jerry Falwell Jr.'s blackface tweet
A day after Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University in Virginia, tweeted an image of a face mask depicting figures in blackface and dressed as Klansmen, Christopher House, an online inst...
Francis Collins, champion of faith and science, awarded Templeton Prize
Francis Collins, world-renowned geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health, is the 2020 recipient of the Templeton Prize....