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In ‘Learning Our Names,’ Asian American Christian Authors Reclaim Their Stories

Sabrina S. Chan, Linson Daniel, E. David de Leon and La Thao are Asian American Christians who wrote “Learning Our Names,” a new book from InterVarsity Press. For these authors, recovering their names has been a way to embrace their Asian American stories and their identities as children of God.

Nation’s Oldest Jewish University Fighting for Religious Liberty

The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has joined a diverse religious coalition in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the right of the country’s oldest Jewish university to act according to its beliefs.

In New Interview, Pope Francis Says Trips to Moscow and Kyiv Are ‘Up in the Air’

In an interview, Francis spoke about the ongoing war in Ukraine, clergy sex abuse and the role of women in the Catholic Church — but stayed vague on whether his pontificate, ailed by knee pain, will continue.

Beijing Hounds Chinese Church Seeking Safety Overseas

Days after flying to Thailand for asylum, members of a Chinese church huddled in a restaurant to share their stories with journalists. The story of the exile of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church shows how the Chinese government is going to increasing lengths to control religious faith and its citizens.

Lifeway Research: Americans Believe Suicide Is Epidemic, Not Pathway to Hell

According to a recent survey conducted by Lifeway Research, most Americans say suicide has become an epidemic in the United States, and few say people who commit suicide automatically go to hell. 

Women Earn Less Than Men Because They Are Not As ‘Good at Working,’ Says Pastor

In an Aug. 28 sermon, Stedfast Baptist Church pastor Jonathan Shelley, who believes the government should execute gay people, said that women earn less than men because they are not as “good at working” and that women of a certain size are not attractive.

TobyMac Tells Good Morning America His Son’s Death ‘Rocked’ His Faith, but God Has ‘Been Kind’

While publicizing “Life After Death,” his first new album in four years, Christian musician TobyMac is opening up about the October 2019 death of son Truett Foster McKeehan. Truett, also a musician, died at age 21 from an accidental overdose of fentanyl and amphetamines.

Franklin Graham Calls Out Evangelical False Teachers in Pastor Survey

In a Twitter thread posted on Monday (September 5), Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham condemned pastors who where surveyed for the American Worldview Inventory 2022 report.