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Wire story

Evangelicals Call for Police and Criminal Justice Reform

New initiative challenges churches and believers: “Scripture makes the pursuit of justice for our neighbors a mandatory part of the Christian life.”

Elana Schor - Associated Press|August 19, 2020

News

Scholar Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Ancient Bible Texts from Oxford

Dirk Obbink accused of selling papyrus fragments to Hobby Lobby and California collector.

Gordon Govier|April 22, 2020

News

Houston Pastor Pleads Guilty in $3.5M Bond Fraud Scheme Targeting Elderly

Kirbyjon Caldwell has led the UMC’s biggest African American megachurch for decades.

Kate Shellnutt|March 17, 2020

News

Ex-Christian Post Publisher, Bible College Convicted in $35M Fraud Scheme

The money laundering case left a Christian media network out of business and Olivet University owing $1.25 million.

Kate Shellnutt|February 20, 2020

News

SBC Recalls ‘Year of Waking Up’ Since Abuse Investigation

Attention turns to a committee that could identify offending churches, a new measure put in place following the landmark Houston Chronicle series.

David Roach|February 10, 2020

Wire story

Half of US Churches Now Enlist Armed Security

Survey: Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Baptist churches are most likely to have church volunteers carry guns.

Aaron Earls – LifeWay Research|January 28, 2020

News

Evangelicals Support Prison Reform in Theory, But Less in Practice

Survey shows optimism for the potential for redemption and restoration, though most churches aren’t involved in criminal justice efforts.

Megan Fowler|January 15, 2020

News

Amid Abuse Scandals, Legal Challenges Test Clergy Reporting Exemptions

Implications for church leaders loom as Montana reverses $35M judgment and other states continue tightening reporting laws.

Matthew Branaugh with reporting by the Associated Press|January 10, 2020

Book Review

A Foster Mother, a Murderer, and a Seemingly Simple Yes

How a shocking gesture of grace changed them both from the inside out.

Lindsey Carlson|September 20, 2019

News

Recent Shootings Spur Pastors to Call Out White Supremacy

For many evangelicals, it’s time to name the evil beneath the violence.

Kate Shellnutt|August 5, 2019

Testimony

Jesus Gave Me What Boozing and Brawling Couldn’t

My journey from the criminal underworld to the foot of the cross.

Allen Langham|May 17, 2019

News

South Pacific Churches Targeted in Billion-Dollar Cryptocurrency Scam

High-tech con used trusted pastors in Samoa and New Zealand to trick hundreds of congregants into investments that have gone nowhere.

Griffin Paul Jackson|May 9, 2019

Testimony

I Marked People for Death. Jesus Marked Me for Life.

How a gang leader found salvation in prison.

Casey Diaz|April 22, 2019

News

After Major Investigation, Southern Baptists Confront the Abuse Crisis They Knew Was Coming

The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News collect 380 allegations spanning 20 states in an unprecedented look at sexual misconduct across the denomination.

Kate Shellnutt|February 11, 2019

Interview

Prison Was My First Pulpit

Linda Barkman was incarcerated after the man she lived with murdered her toddler. But she turned hardship into ministry.

Interview by Morgan Lee|January 3, 2019

News

Black Pastors Debate Partnering with Trump on Prison Reform

Why African-American Christians are divided over working with this White House.

Josh M. Shepherd|August 23, 2018

Testimony

I Thought God Could Never Love a Convicted Murderer. I Was Wrong.

How I found eternal life on death row.