For two months, most church and ministry leaders have willingly complied with bans against large gatherings, in part because they applied not just to churches, but to everyone. But recent protests, some involving tens of ...
Black LU Alumni Calling for Resignation
Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. apologized yesterday as black alumni demanded his resignation for tweeting an offensive image as part of a jab at Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam’s social distancing policies.
Dr. Tom Blee said he became “dismayed with the revolving door of violence and despair.” Those experiences motivated him to found LIFEteam, a ministry to bring lasting hope to the young gang members who often ...
Trump's "Jericho Walk," George Floyd, and More
Editor’s note: “Weekend Plug-in,” featuring analysis, insights and top headlines from the world of faith, is produced by Religion Unplugged. What’s left to say about the week’s biggest religion story? President Donald Trump’s now-famous walk from the White ...
Local food pantries around the country are struggling to meet demand.
Wycliffe Associates recently resigned from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability while under review for its fundraising practices. I wrote a short article about the resignation, thinking that would be it. Boy, was I ever wrong.
Cancer is a killer—it’s the second leading cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease—so there’s no surprise that people seek hope and healing in the face of grim diagnoses. What is surprising is that ...
City’s official coronavirus policies tend to incentivize destructive behavior
Tensions continue to rise in San Francisco, where the COVID-19 pandemic has exasperated the challenges of an already overflowing homeless population. While Christian ministries struggle to serve the community, city officials scramble to come up ...
Leaders from two of the largest faith groups in the United States – Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics -- issued statements lamenting the death of George Floyd and calling for an end to racial inequality.
A woman Ravi Zacharias sued in 2017 is now asking for release from a non-disclosure agreement she signed as part of the settlement of that lawsuit.