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(RNS) — Eighty religious plaintiffs from 11 major faith traditions have joined lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s immigration policies, according a tracker developed by RNS with the Law, Rights, and Religion Project.

(RNS) — If approved by the Senate, Lynch would hold an office that has been unoccupied since the beginning of the second Trump administration.

(RNS) — ‘The Potter's House is never just Bishop Jakes,’ he told his megachurch congregation. ‘It never was, and it never will be.’

(RNS) — ‘They're trying to make voting difficult, but you stand in line if you got to stand all day,’ said the Rev. Boise Kimber, president of the National Baptist Convention USA Inc. ‘You are immovab...

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(RNS) — His writings touched on conservation, community and belonging, and he acquired legions of fans beyond environmental studies — including many scholars of religion.

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WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'The fact that we still have to fight to maintain and renew voting rights in this country is beyond abysmal and a truly national disgrace,' Martin Luther King III said Friday.

(RNS) — ‘The challenge is the actual work, the actual relationship, navigating these geopolitical pieces, without having to lose hope,’ said Karim Khayati, the president of the mosque on campus.

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(RNS) — Country music icon Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday, credited her faith for her career, which crossed religions, races and politics — and the philanthropy that followed.

(RNS) — ‘It's the perfect song for someone sort of looking back over their career, looking back over life, and realizing God has been faithful all this time,’ Patty said in an interview.

(RNS) — 'We too can have rough patches in our marriage,' said the Rev. Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of an Atlanta-area megachurch where is wife is an executive pastor.

CHICAGO (RNS) — After three terrible years, the White Sox are in the midst of a revival — with good young players and perhaps a little divine intervention. The team's best-known fan is Pope Leo XIV.

(RNS) — The largest portion of the funding — $1.4 billion — is expected to support some 2,500 faith-based hospitals and clinics and train and pay tens of thousands of community health workers to provi...

(RNS) — 'It's a sign that they are really scared they're gonna lose this seat,' the Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran pastor running for Congress in Iowa, said. She is part of a wave of religious ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘I feel like also seasoned adults complain about what we're wearing,’ said one teen about her historically Black denomination.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The church has been so supportive that, I mean, they've been more excited about my campaign than I have,’ Haynes said of his historically Black Dallas megachurch.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The historically Black denomination made voting a theme of its annual session.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'The Supreme Court, not too far from here, decided that it was OK for Black folks to not deserve representation in Congress.'

(RNS) — Plaintiffs filed a brief July 9 requesting that the election of the Rev. Kevin R. Johnson as the church's senior pastor be set aside so a new election can be held, in an attempt to appeal a 20...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Voting rights are being eroded,’ said President Boise Kimber of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. ‘Black political leaders are being decimated by redistricting.’

(RNS) — ‘We are still in the early stages of evaluating how the facility might best support our future operations,’ a spokesperson said.

(RNS) — 'Our churches, our mosques, our synagogues, our places of worship will become democracy hubs,' said Minister JaNaé Bates Imari, co-executive director of the interfaith group ISAIAH Minnesota.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘The pillars of this great republic are not made of marble; they are made of scripture,’ said the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez during a five-hour program on faith.

(RNS) — ‘We're a connector and a catalyzer, and not a denomination,’ its spokesperson said in an interview.

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(RNS) — ‘The evidence that the resolutions provide is very clear in terms of the kind of endorsement of the ideas of Christian nationalism that are present in the denomination,’ said Nancy Ammerman.

(RNS) — The decision was attributed to Asbury’s objections to the new version of the denomination’s social principles that no longer solely affirm heterosexual marriage.

(RNS) — Southern Baptists have long believed that only men can be pastors. But for decades, the denomination took no action to expel churches where women pastors served. Then, in the middle of an abus...

(RNS) — ‘As we acknowledge the contributions of the African American community to America, it’s appropriate for us to lead the way in unifying and making a call for unity,’ said evangelist Alveda King...

(RNS) — 'At the end of it, when we were just responding totally instinctually, we talked a lot about God,' Glover told RNS in a recent interview, referring to the Artemis II crew.

(RNS) — In a departure from resolutions dating to 2006, the SBC’s new statement does not mention a path to legal status for immigrants.

(RNS) — Rice’s win is a triumph for critics who argue that the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost its way in recent years.

(RNS) — The fast-evolving list was met with blowback from critics who suggested its changes were an attempt to impose Christian nationalism on the military.

(RNS) — The new list includes 31 recognized faiths, most of them Christian denominations.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) — The version housed at Virginia Theological Seminary is not for sale, and archive staffers plan to seek the best ways to make its contents available for the public to view.

(RNS) — Only about 1% of houses of worship in the U.S. today existed in 1776. Here are four that predate the revolution — and still hold services.

(RNS) — What clergypersons say about such topics varies depending on their viewpoint and, sometimes, their religious affiliation, the Pew Research Center found.

(RNS) — Churches from Africa to Europe to Asia are registered to participate in Baptize the World, while the Museum of the Bible is set to host a hybrid broadcast event, airing footage of baptisms hel...