Yonat Shimron

Yonat Shimron joined RNS in April 2011 and became managing editor in 2013. She was the religion reporter for The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C. from 1996 to 2011. During that time she won numerous awards. She is a past president of the Religion Newswriters Association.

Churches Consider What Sanctuary Might Look Like in Trump’s Second Term

At a meeting week, members of Columbus Mennonite Church in Ohio gathered to figure out how they might respond to President-elect Trump’s call to enact “the largest deportation” in U.S. history. The church has long been a part of the sanctuary movement, which offers shelter for undocumented immigrants.

In a Time of Change, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Says, He Kept His Eye Trained on Love

His electrifying sermon on the power of love at the 2018 royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be the highlight. But Michael Curry may also be remembered for a capacity to keep the main thing the main thing.

‘Not an Act of God.’ How the Rev. Richard Joyner Became a Farmer, Then a Climate Activist

Congregants at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church thought their pastor was crazy when he suggested his rural community take up farming as a way to improve their health and become more self-sufficient.

After a Crackdown on Sexuality, Two Dozen Christian Reformed Churches Head for the Exits

At its 2024 synod in June, the Christian Reformed Church instructed LGBTQ-affirming congregations to repent and comply with the denomination’s beliefs on sexuality. Some are now choosing to leave.

Mark Robinson May No Longer Be the Headliner. But NC Evangelicals Still Back Him.

Robinson has spent years cultivating Black and white evangelical church members with a message that aligns closely with their conservative values. Those church members still think highly of him.

The Global Methodist Church Will Meet in Costa Rica. Sexuality Is Not on the Agenda.

The new denomination, with 4,715 congregations, will meet to adopt a constitution and iron out its governance structure.

In North Carolina, Nearly 1,200 Southern Baptist Churches Participate in Week of Service

Summers are often a time when congregations send out people to far off missions work. The state’s Southern Baptists envisioned something closer to home.

After a Slew of Controversies, the SBC Turns to a Low-Key Leader To Keep Things Cool

Clint Pressley, the newly elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, is a hard-working pastor of North Carolina’s fifth-largest Baptist church.

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