Politics
- Montenegro’s Churches Get a Religious Freedom Do-OverProperty dispute between Orthodox church and government that sparked mass protests in the Balkans ends—for now—with a strengthening of religious rights for evangelicals and other faiths.Jayson Casper|
- Immigration Ministries Praise Biden’s Day One PriorityProposed legislation would give 11 million a path to citizenship and prioritize keeping families together.Bekah McNeel|
- Winston Churchill Fought for ‘Christian Civilization,’ but He Rarely Went to ChurchA new biography sorts through the British prime minister’s enigmatic faith.Christopher Gehrz|
- Biden Invokes Augustine in Call for American UnityPrayers, Bible verses, and reference to the ‘City of God’ set the stage for the inauguration of a Catholic president.Kate Shellnutt|
- What the Black Robe Regiment Misses About Revolutionary PastorsChristians calling for clergy to rise up against the government should take a closer look at the complex approaches by America’s early preachers.Jonathan Den Hartog|
- 10 Best Practices for Improving Religious Freedom in Complicated CountriesLessons we learned from helping Vietnam become the first country to be peaceably removed from the United States’ blacklist of the worst persecutors of Christians and other believers.Chris Seiple|
- Biden’s Big Bible Is Heavy with History, SymbolismExperts say the second Catholic president is pointing to American tradition and deep personal roots.Daniel Silliman|
- Survey: Black Churches Become a Greater Refuge Amid Political PowerlessnessIn 2020, black churchgoers felt more disempowered than black Americans overall, Barna Group reports.Kate Shellnutt|
- It’s Not Enough to Preach Racial Justice. We Need to Champion Policy Change.The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us to push past tweetable quotes and ‘big talk’ to practice true Christlike love.Esau McCaulley|
- Only Biblical Peacemaking Resolves Racial and Political InjusticeNo other group is better situated to bring healing to this land than the church.Justin Giboney|
