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Female churchgoers are more likely than male churchgoers to say they don’t have friends from other religious groups (23% v. 14%). Men are more likely than women to report having Jewish (46% vs. 36%), Muslim (35% vs. 22%) and Hindu friends (14% vs. 8%). Those with a high school education or less are among the […]
(OPINION) June 26, 2023, was my grandmother’s 86th birthday party at our family’s house. It also was the day I was excommunicated from my church. I remember vividly the incongruity of the happy voices and laughter at the party — and the dread I felt as I saw my phone light up with notifications of […]
If “garbage” refers to ordinary Trump voters — including many conservative evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox Jews — then news consumers who have been alive during recent campaigns are probably going to connect this episode with similar moments of candor by other Democratic candidates. Remember this 2008 classic from Barack Obama, care of The Guardian? Referring to working-class […]
Rodriguez criticizes parts of Calvinism, but notes that the population of Calvin’s Geneva grew from 13,000 to 21,000 in a decade, and his response created a “legacy of welcoming strangers, resisting tyrants, establishing justice and reaching across borders and cultures in vulnerability and faith.” Mike Cosper applies the work of political philosopher Hannah Arendt to […]
Scripture Union is an interdenominational Christian movement that had operated in Zimbabwe for over 70 years and was present in almost all schools. The administration claimed to have just restored order in schools and not outlawed Scripture Union — yet the union never reappeared in full — proving that it was in fact outlawed. As […]
Despite gray clouds overhead, volunteers for Joni and Friends in Knoxville, Tennessee, gladly waited on Monday, Sept. 30, outside the commercial building where donated wheelchairs, walkers and crutches had been stored. “We have been collecting this load for about two years,” said Lauren Richardson, the ministry’s area director. She motioned for the truck driver to […]
The late Warren Wiersbe, a prolific author of more than 170 books, never seemed keen on writing a book with his grandson Dan Jacobsen, as Jacobsen tells it. But after Wiersbe’s death in May 2019, the family discovered a dusty manila file folder among the thousands of files Wiersbe left behind. In it was a […]
(ANALYSIS) Decades later, it’s hard to remember how much “Chariots of Fire” shocked the Hollywood establishment, with soaring box office totals and four wins at the 1982 Oscars — including a Best Picture win for producer David Puttnam. The film’s focus on two legendary runners — one Christian and the other Jewish — also pleased […]
‘Ukrainians will never be the same’ This year was the second time Ukrainian Christians gathered at Valley View Camp. Built by the Madison Church of Christ in Tennessee, the camp operates as a nonprofit with close ties to the congregation. The Madison church, which supported Yasinskyi’s work in Ukraine, underwrote both Ukrainian gatherings and even […]
Pastor Eli Abdullah Tinau lives in the charred room that remains of his home after an attack by militant Fulani Muslims, an increasingly violent group accused of killing thousands of Christians in middle and northeastern Nigeria. But Tinau, a Fulani Christian who converted from Islam, is committed to sharing the Gospel with Fulani Muslims as […]