Tag: evangelicals
Worth Sharing (18 January)
Should Followers of Christ Use Recreational Marijuana? Recreational weed became legal in Chicago on 1 January. The huge lines outside the dispensaries could easily have been confused with the wait-lines one might expect were Apple...
For Catholics and Protestants, Amazon Fires Fan Partisan Flames
Fires in the Amazon come every year during dry season, but reports indicated that this year’s were particularly severe, some saying the worst in a decade. While international attention turned toward the burning rainforest in August,...
Half of Americans Say Evangelicals Are Discriminated Against
Though evangelical Protestants remain the largest faith group in the country, as clashes over their beliefs turn up in the public square, half the country has come to believe evangelicals face discrimination in the US....
Evangelicals Tell Trump: Don’t Deport Christians to Face Genocide in Iraq
This story was published in Christianity Today and can be found here. With the fate of 199 Iraqi nationals on hold while a Detroit court hears a lawsuit, a group of evangelical leaders has sent the Trump administration...
Female Pastors Bring Hope to War-Torn Middle East Churches
This story was published in Christianity Today and can be found here. The turnover among Christians in the Middle East, in addition to years of stirring among reformist Arab evangelicals, has made way for female pastors...