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1. New Billy Graham Archive Celebrates Grand Opening on Evangelist's Birthday ...

In the twilight of his 99 years, the Rev. Billy Graham met with Duke Divinity School historian Grant Wacker, who was writing a biography of the famous evangelist. Graham leaned over at one point and, ...

Created on 16 November 2022

2. Bringing Christianity Back to the Public Square

Read Time:1 Minute 58 Seconds North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has a message for the state's evangelical pastors: Run for office. Robinson has repeated his message at least eight times over the ...

Created on 04 November 2022

3. Franklin Graham Writes Putin, Zelenskyy to Request Cease-Fire During Holy Week

Fresh from a two-day visit to Ukraine, the Rev. Franklin Graham said he wrote to Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to ask for a cease-fire in the war in observance ...

Created on 31 March 2022

4. US Jews Raise Funds, Send Delegations to Help Ukraine

Tonight (March 12), 19 rabbis from the New York region will board a flight to Warsaw and from there travel to the Ukrainian border to deliver medical supplies and offer comfort to Ukrainians fleeing their ...

Created on 12 March 2022

5. 'Remember That We're All Created in God's Image,' Texas Rabbi Taken Hostage Urges Americans ...

The Texas rabbi who survived a hostage-taking at his synagogue last Saturday gave the closing remarks at an online White House briefing Friday (Jan. 21), with an impassioned plea for civility and toning ...

Created on 22 January 2022

6. Jewish Groups Press for Hearing on Antisemitism Envoy

Three Jewish organizations have written to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to urge its members to hurry up and schedule a hearing on President Biden's pick for an antisemitism envoy, the renowned ...

Created on 07 November 2021

7. Beth Moore Apologizes for Role in Elevating Theology That Limits Women Leaders

First, she shook the evangelical world by leaving the Southern Baptist Convention. Now, Beth Moore, arguably the evangelical world's most famous Bible teacher, has begged forgiveness for supporting the ...

Created on 08 April 2021

8. Bethany Christian Services to Allow LGBTQ Parents to Foster, Adopt

Bethany Christian Services, the country's largest Protestant adoption and foster care agency, will begin serving LGBTQ couples, a significant change for the evangelical outfit and a sign of the growing ...

Created on 02 March 2021

9. Former CT Editor, Trump Critic Mark Galli Embraces Catholicism

On Sunday (Sept. 13), Mark Galli will stand before Bishop Richard Pates in the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, Illinois, to hear these words: "Francis, be sealed with the gift of the Holy ...

Created on 11 September 2020

10. Billy Graham Statue to Replace That of White Supremacist in US Capitol

A life-sized statue of the Rev. Billy Graham will be installed in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall collection sometime next year, replacing a statue of a white supremacist that both the state of North ...

Created on 04 August 2020

11. FBI: Jews Targeted With Overwhelming Number of Religious-Based Hate Crimes

Newly released FBI data shows that Jews and Jewish institutions were the overwhelming target of religion-based hate crimes in the United States last year. The 2018 Hate Crime Statistics reported 7,120 ...

Created on 13 November 2019

12. Museum of the Bible to Display Rare, Medieval Hebrew Pentateuch

A rare medieval Pentateuch manuscript that had been in private collections for years will go on display Friday (Nov. 8) at the Museum of the Bible. The volume, which dates to around the year 1000, was ...

Created on 08 November 2019

13. Surprising Study: Church Attendance Is Declining, but This Religious Act Has Not

All the available hard evidence—not to mention a look around many houses of worship—shows that religious congregations are declining. As congregants increasingly head for the exits, younger Americans, ...

Created on 17 October 2019

14. Franklin Graham on Trump Impeachment: 'Our Country Could Begin to Unravel

Evangelist Franklin Graham issued a dire warning about the fate of the United States, should the presidential impeachment inquiry started by the U.S. House lead to President Donald Trump's ouster. "Our ...

Created on 03 October 2019

15. Tullian Tchividjian Back to Pulpit After Sex Scandal, but Christians Divided on Whether He Should Be

Tullian Tchividjian doesn't hesitate to admit he has not lived up to the standards of his famous grandfather, Billy Graham. Graham, of course, made history with his 1948 rule that he would never meet alone ...

Created on 04 September 2019

16. North Carolina Now First Southern State to Ban State Funding for Conversion Therapy

North Carolina has become the first Southern state to ban public funding of conversion therapy for minors, the practice often used by religious groups to "cure" individuals of their same-sex sex orientations ...

Created on 06 August 2019

17. Evangelical Denomination Expels Entire Congregation Over LGBT Inclusion

For the first time in its 134-year history, the Evangelical Covenant Church has voted to remove a congregation from its roster over its position on LGBTQ inclusion. The vote to expel the First Covenant ...

Created on 01 July 2019

18. LifeWay Camp Counselor Arrested, Charged With 5 Counts of Inappropriate Touching

Day and overnight camps are a staple of summer, a welcome relief for working parents. But they can also present opportunities for sexual predators. Last week, Noah Paradis, 19, a staffer at a LifeWay camp ...

Created on 19 June 2019

19. Can Women Preach? Beth Moore's Ministry Reignites the Debat

In the world of Bible teachers, Beth Moore is a rock star. She packs sporting arenas and big-name churches. She has written dozens of best-selling books. She has an outsize social media following. But ...

Created on 06 June 2019

20. 700 Families to Honor Jewish Massacre Victims Through Passover Supper

After losing her mother-in-law in last October's Pittsburgh massacre, Marnie Fienberg quit her job. A federal contractor in communications strategy who lives in northern Virginia, Fienberg couldn't go ...

Created on 16 April 2019