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1. IRD Picks Top 10 Christian Stories of 2015: A professor suspended for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God, church disputes and cheating pastors exposed in a hacking scandal made news throughout 2015. Below are the Institute on Religion ...; Created on 31 December 2015
2. Where Are All the Christian Refugees From Syria?: Christians and other religious minorities in Syria have been targeted for death, sexual slavery, displacement, cultural eradication and forced conversion by ISIS. Many of these persecuted Christians hope ...; Created on 18 November 2015
3. IRD: United Church of Christ Votes to Divest From Israel: The General Synod of the United Church of Christ (UCC), which has just under 1 million members in 5,100 congregations, voted today 508-124 with 38 abstentions to divest from companies conducting business ...; Created on 01 July 2015
4. Bizarre 'Christianity Today' Article Whitewashes Planned Parenthood's Sang: A new blogging series from Christianity Today examining evangelical responses to contraception is raising eyebrows for praising Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger and for minimizing objections ...; Created on 20 March 2015
5. Rachel Held Evans Departs Evangelicalism: Are Millennials Next?: Progressive Christian writer Rachel Held Evans announced this month in an interview with Religion News Service columnist Jonathan Merritt that she has joined the Episcopal Church. While Evans resists characterizations ...; Created on 17 March 2015
6. Controversial Pastor Apologizes for Blaming Israel for 9/11: A controversial Church of England cleric has issued an apology after sharing a web site over social media that asserted Israel was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The Rev. Stephen ...; Created on 30 January 2015
7. Methodist Bishop Gets Free Pass on Same-Sex Marriage: In October 2013, long-retired United Methodist Bishop Melvin Talbert invaded the North Alabama territory of Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett to perform a same-sex union, disregarding the protests of the latter ...; Created on 07 January 2015
8. The Top 10 Church News Stories of 2014: A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for her faith, church disputes and friction between religious freedom and LGBTQ causes made news throughout 2014. Below are IRD's top church news stories for the year. ...; Created on 31 December 2014
9. Is Revival Brewing Among Religious Left?: A new report from a center-left think tank is questioning the appeal and impact of the religious left. It also touts economic justice as the most "fertile ground of this era" for liberal religious political ...; Created on 25 April 2014
10. Methodist Pastor Defrocked Following Trial for Conducting Same-Sex Marriage: A United Methodist clergyman who conducted a same-sex wedding in violation of denominational rules has been defrocked. Pastor Frank Schaefer's clergy credentials were revoked by church officials following ...; Created on 20 December 2013
11. How Should Church Leaders Respond to the Government Shutdown?: Shutdown of the U.S. government has elicited a spectrum of responses from church officials. Temperate responses from oldline Protestant agencies and officials contrast with a declaration by Sojourners' ...; Created on 07 October 2013
12. Tutu’s Gay Advocacy Influenced by Western Funds, Suggests Anglican Archbishop: ... being the exact imprint of God’s character in whom “the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.” Jeff Walton, the Anglican program director for the Institute on Religion and Democracy, also condemned Tutu’s ...; Created on 05 August 2013
13. Protestant Declaration Supports Israel and Persecuted Christians: Two persons with the Institute on Religion and Democracy were among the signers of a recent declaration from the Protestant Consultation on Israel and the Middle East (PCIME). IRD business manager Luke ...; Created on 07 December 2012
14. Occupiers Pray Against National Prayer Breakfast: As President Obama and much of official Washington, D.C., gather on Thursday for the 59th National Prayer Breakfast, religious voices aligned with "Occupy DC" are hosting their own rival "People's Prayer ...; Created on 01 February 2012
15. IRD Points to Top Church News Stories of 2011: Mainline church disputes, threats to religious freedom and budget battles made news throughout 2011. Below are the Institute on Religion and Democracy's top church news stories for the year. Church officials ...; Created on 29 December 2011
16. North Korea: Will Kim Jong Il's Death Bring More Oppression: North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Il's death has prompted instability in Asian markets and concerns about how a power transfer to a young, untested leader could destabilize the region. The reclusive communist ...; Created on 22 December 2011
17. North Korea: Praying for a More Tolerant Regime: North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Il's death has prompted instability in Asian markets and concerns about how a power transfer to a young, untested leader could destabilize the region. The reclusive communist ...; Created on 21 December 2011