Emily McFarlan Miller

Emily McFarlan Miller is a national reporter for RNS based in Chicago. She covers evangelical and mainline Protestant Christianity.

ELCA Hears From Indigenous Boarding School Survivor Ahead of National Day of Remembrance

In April, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton announced that the country’s largest Lutheran denomination was launching a Truth and Healing Movement.

The United Church of Christ Elects First Woman — And First Woman of African Descent — To Lead Denomination

That Thompson is the first woman to lead the denomination may be surprising given the denomination’s progressive stances on women’s rights and many other issues.

Seattle’s Quest Church Leaves Evangelical Covenant Church as Church Affirms LGBTQ Christians

Quest Church, an influential Seattle megachurch, is leaving its denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, over its differences with the ECC over acceptance of LGBTQ Christians.

Women of Welcome Looks to Evangelical Women To Change the Conversation on Immigration

Women of Welcome is a collaborative partnership between the National Immigration Forum and World Relief, one of six faith-based agencies contracted with the U.S. government to resettle refugees in the country.

Judge Clears Way for Disaffiliations From United Methodist Church in North Georgia

The North Georgia Conference had barred churches wishing to leave the UMC from disaffiliating before the 2024 General Conference.

‘The Way,’ Emilio Estevez’s Film About the Camino, Returns to Theaters

The movie returns to theaters for one night Tuesday (May 16) and features a conversation between Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen and travel guru Rick Steves.

Lutheran, Presbyterian Schools Moving to Chicago Campus of Catholic Theological Union

Each of the three schools will remain independent with its own identity, mission and governance.

New Books Celebrate Faith and Motherhood in Time for Mother’s Day

Yes, that’s this weekend. Call your mom — or maybe gift her one of these books.

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