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Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (162+ words) When the Pentagon cut roughly 180 faiths from its religious affiliation codes, shrinking the list from more than 200 categories to 31 in May 2026, it folded “Native American religion” into the broader category of “other religion” – one of many faiths the change... The…...
What I learned July 5 at church
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (425+ words) OpinionLinda Wilkerson | July 10, 2026 Last Sunday, July 5, the small Hispanic church I attend was still decked out for the Fourth of July. When I say “decked out,” I mean red white and blue everywhere, even the flowers. The American flag was…...
Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (381+ words) Both a Democratic Socialist and a Republican ministry leader who worked with James Dobson will be on Colorado’s ballot this November. But primary voters rejected candidates affiliated with Ryan Dobson and health-and-wealth preacher Andrew Wommack in last week’s state primaries....
Esther’s Army is fresh look at Christian women of the Right
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (792+ words) NewsSteve Rabey | July 9, 2026 Back then it was Beverly LaHaye and Phylis Schlafly. Now it’s Alex Clark and Allie Beth Stuckey. To be a female conservative Christian leader is to navigate the contradictions in making careers of saying women shouldn’t have…...
What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (399+ words) Americans are fascinated with megachurches, and that is leading some of the nation’s largest churches to keep getting larger, according to religion researcher Ryan Burge. Burge, a professor of practice at the Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington…...
Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (109+ words) Baptist News Global Exclude from home pageCurated Content | July 9, 2026 In the 1520s and 1530s, a man named Esteban de Dorantes, known as Estevanico, walked across the deserts of what is now Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – decades before the English founded Jamestown…...
Pro-Palestinian interfaith coalition protests Christian Zionist summit
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (20+ words) Interfaith Action for Palestine gathered around 200 people to protest Christians United for Israel and US military support for Israel....
Signs Of ‘Religious Psychosis’ Experts REALLY Want You To Recognize
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (36+ words) Most religious beliefs are healthy and sustaining for their members. But experts say there is a point at which devotion can tip into something else: isolation, delusion, a break from reality that often gets rationalized as “good faith.”...
‘Standing For Human Dignity’: Faith Leaders Urge Officials To Protect Midterm Elections
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (103+ words) Baptist News Global Exclude from home pageCurated Content | July 9, 2026 Clergy members representing more than 1,500 faith communities gathered across the United States on Tuesday for a coordinated national day of action urging election officials to publicly commit to protecting the integrity…...
We are a nation of immigrants
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (385+ words) God bless America, land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her, through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans white with foam, God bless America. My home sweet home....