RELIGION

1 in 7 global Christians faces ‘high-level’ persecution: Open Doors report
- By West virginia digital
- . January 15, 2025
(RNS) — Driven by Islamic extremism, authoritarian regimes and war, high-level persecution and discrimination impacted 380 million Christians around the

At Trump’s inauguration, religious allies and new faces to offer prayers
- By West virginia digital
- . January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON (RNS) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected a slate of religious leaders to pray at his inauguration next week,

Speaker Johnson cites Genesis after House passes bill banning trans people from women’s sports
- By West virginia digital
- . January 15, 2025
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Speaker Mike Johnson celebrated the House passage of a bill banning transgender students from girls’ sports on

In Newark, Catholic bishops host interfaith leaders to oppose mass deportation
- By West virginia digital
- . January 15, 2025
(RNS) — Back in November, just a week after Donald Trump was elected to a second term as U.S. president,

National Baptists’ new president, Boise Kimber, seeks to include women, young leaders
- By West virginia digital
- . January 14, 2025
(RNS) — The Rev. Boise Kimber was officially installed as president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., during the

faithfully blending digital and in-person ministry approaches
- By West virginia digital
- . January 14, 2025
State of the Church research identifies ways church leaders and attendees think about and prefer to use digital tools in

When your sacred space is gone
- By West virginia digital
- . January 14, 2025
(RNS) — When I was a teenager, I walked to synagogue. Not all the time. We were not an Orthodox

Faith-based immigrant rights activist faces threat of deportation
- By West virginia digital
- . January 14, 2025
Ravi Ragbir has accompanied thousands of immigrants in New York City at their check-ins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

In San Antonio, a pioneer of modern faith-based community organizing has deep roots
- By West virginia digital
- . January 14, 2025
SAN ANTONIO (RNS) — “Back then, when it was going to rain, we knew we were going to lose somebody,”

Bill McCartney, legendary football coach who founded Promise Keepers, dead at 84
- By West virginia digital
- . January 14, 2025
(RNS) — Bill McCartney, a former college football coach who became one of the most influential religious figures in American