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Beth Moore challenges SBC leadership as the denomination approaches its annual meeting. The Bible teacher and Living Proof Ministries founder left the Southern Baptist Convention in 2021, but she says love still keeps her engaged. Moore served Southern Baptist women for 40 years. And she says she left because leaders protected shepherds more than sheep.
In God We Trust, the currency began with Matthew Rothert Sr., an Arkansas Presbyterian, furniture maker, and coin collector. During church in Chicago on June 21, 1953, Rothert believed God urged him to place the motto on paper bills. Coins already carried the phrase, but bills traveled across borders, so he saw a wider spiritual
Drug manufacturer Eli Lilly has accused four leaders of the Church of God in Christ of a $250 million fraud scheme. The Eli Lilly fraud lawsuit claims Bishop Jerry Maynard Sr., Pastor Jerry Maynard II, Pastor Misha Maynard, and Elder Readus C. Smith III helped steal rebate money tied to Trulicity. The diabetes drug controls
Christian nationalist myths are drawing sharper scrutiny as Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claims America was founded as a Christian nation. Warren Throckmorton, a retired psychology professor and author of The Christian Past That Wasn’t, challenges that view directly. He argues that Christian nationalists blur faith and nation, so patriotism becomes tied to doctrine. Patrick
The Maine Capitol prayer revival drew more than 400 people to Augusta last week, and they came prepared for rain and mud. Pastors urged a spiritual awakening on the National Day of Prayer, so folding chairs and hiking boots filled the park. A “Pray For Maine” flag hung from the tent, and the logo spread
Religion’s influence in American life is back in the spotlight as the White House promotes a National Mall “revival” billed as a rededication of the nation. A new Pew Research Center survey shows more Americans now say religion’s influence is rising—and many call that a good thing. Today, 37% of U.S. adults say religion is
An honorary doctorate for Hasia Diner became a defining moment at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College’s commencement on May 17. The ceremony drew attention because Hasia Diner renounced Zionism a decade ago, and many Jewish institutions long kept her at arm’s length. Yet the college said it recognized scholarly achievement, not ideology, and it pointed to
The Thomas Paine legacy surged back into view at a No Kings protest in Philadelphia. Rep. Jamie Raskin cast Paine as a democratic spark, and he tied that founding vision to today’s political fights. Raskin praised Paine’s dream of America as an “asylum to humanity,” and he framed it as a refuge from repression. The
The religious liberty commission report is still being drafted, but members are already signaling priorities. In an April meeting, commissioners shared demands with little visible dissent. The panel formed last year by President Donald Trump includes many figures tied to conservative Christian politics. Their comments sketched a religious freedom panel report that leans toward wider
A Devilish Blueprint Takes Shape The Conservative Resurgence reshaped the Southern Baptist Convention and continues to shape American politics. That Conservative Resurgence campaign sold itself as a fight for biblical authority, but it also built a pipeline of power. It claimed to defend faith, but it helped harden a ruthless system. The comparison to “The
Steven Ostrander, a former associate pastor, appears to have returned to ministry after his 2022 firing. Recent Lighthouse Church posts place Ostrander in Walworth, Wisconsin. The images show him at the piano on April 19 and singing on April 12. The church sits about 25 miles from The Chapel, the Chicago-area megachurch where he once
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked telehealth abortion pills, a move that could reshape abortion access nationwide. The injunction targets mifepristone, a key abortion medication, and it freezes a 2023 FDA policy. That policy let clinicians prescribe the abortion pill through telehealth, and it expanded medication abortion options. Now the telehealth abortion pills pathway
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