Morris Chapman, longtime SBC Executive Committee leader, dead at 84
(RNS) — Morris Chapman, a longtime leader of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, died Monday. He was 84. “In a world where so many have fallen, he was faithful to the end,” current...
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New children’s Bible aims to capture diverse, nonpatriarchal ‘theology of...
(RNS) — The Rev. Jacqui Lewis, a New York City pastor, and the Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris, an associate dean of a seminary in the city, teamed up to reach young readers with a colorful Bible focused on...
View ArticleDallin H. Oaks, former Utah Supreme Court justice, is selected to lead Mormon...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Dallin H. Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice, was named Tuesday to lead The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its more than 17 million members worldwide....
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Sister Jean, beloved Loyola college basketball chaplain and Chicago icon,...
CHICAGO (RNS) — Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men’s basketball team and unlikely international celebrity, died last Thursday (Oct. 9) at age 106, according to...
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Tony Evans talks about his next chapter, undisclosed ‘sin’ and new book
(RNS) — Dallas megachurch founder Tony Evans has lived a mostly private life for more than a year, after announcing an undisclosed “sin” caused him to step away from the prominent pulpit where he...
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Pope Leo calls on Catholics to care for the poor in first official exhortation
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the first official document of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV placed the poor at the heart of the Catholic Church’s teaching, calling bishops around the world to take on the mantle...
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Tony Evans will no longer lead Dallas megachurch after restoration process...
(RNS) — Dallas megachurch founder Tony Evans, who stepped back from leading his church due to an undisclosed “sin” he announced last year, apologized to his congregation and his family on Sunday (Oct....
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‘Dean of African American church music’ James Abbington dies at 65 after Duke...
(RNS) — W. James Abbington Jr., an expert on Black religious music known for his editing, teaching and playing of congregational music, has died at the age of 65. GIA Publications, for whom he worked...
View ArticleRussell M. Nelson, oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Saturday night (Sept. 27) at the age of 101, church officials announced....
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Photographer Gordon Parks’ religious images displayed in DC exhibition
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A new exhibition of the work of Gordon Parks, a photographer renowned for documenting African American life, turns its focus on Parks’ exploration of Black religion and spirituality....
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As a convent of nuns disappears, a look at the loss to a community
(RNS) — When Martha Buser joined the Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, Kentucky, at 18 years old in 1949, she entered a community of 600 women dedicated to God. But today, the community that was founded...
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National Baptists and partners commit to social justice advocacy at annual...
(RNS) — In his closing remarks at the National Baptist Convention USA’s annual session, its new president recounted the connections the historically Black denomination is forming with other...
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National Baptists feature first woman preacher at evening service in annual...
(RNS) — As she prepared to preach at the evening service Tuesday (Sept. 9) at the annual session of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., the Rev. Tracey L. Brown admitted to feeling the nerves...
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Hindu advocates, rejecting H-1B ‘elite,’ seek to defend all Indian immigrants
(RNS) — Not long ago, Elon Musk was not alone among U.S. business leaders in arguing that the H-1B visa program — aimed at allowing highly skilled foreign specialists to work in the United States, most...
View ArticleWhy trade official’s use of the term ‘Brahmins’ on Fox News sparked Hindu...
(RNS) — President Donald Trump’s senior trade adviser has sparked accusations of Hinduphobia after using the term “Brahmins” to criticize India’s elite, prompting Hindu American groups to call for his...
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How Johnnie Moore, evangelical PR guru, became the face of Gaza’s embattled...
(RNS) — Johnnie Moore, the face of the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the new nonprofit commissioned to distribute food aid in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, has long said he believes Christians...
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Basketball shoe with Bible verse from NBA’s Jonathan Isaac lands at Museum of...
(RNS) — Jonathan Isaac, the 6-foot, 10-inch forward and a 2017 first-round pick for the Orlando Magic, scored a new kind of fame last week: His sneaker — the first product of his Christian apparel...
View ArticleDr. James Dobson’s death ends a life, but not a legacy of lies and harm
(RNS) — Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, died Thursday at 89. For conservative Christians, he was a champion of “family values.” For LGBTQ+ people like me, his legacy was one of shame,...
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James Dobson, Focus on the Family founder and ‘family values’ advocate, dies...
(RNS) — James C. Dobson, a psychologist who advocated a “family values” brand of conservative Christian morality on his popular radio shows and in his bestselling books, died Thursday (Aug. 21). He was...
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New PBS documentary explores love and loss in Islamic stories
(RNS) — In May of 2022, in the middle of her master’s degree at Harvard Divinity School, Ariella Gayotto Hohl lost her father to cancer. Five thousand miles away from her home in Brazil, she never knew...
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