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Cleophus Smith, a Memphis sanitation worker and minister, keeps up fight for rights
Smith is one of the surviving workers whose strike brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Tennessee in 1968.
Survey: Protestant pastors see increased church diversity
Pastors are more likely to say their churches are made up of multiple racial and ethnic groups than they were four years ago.
Turkey displays a new level of religious nationalism in Syria campaign
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has likened Turkey's army to Ottoman troops in WWI, calling them martyrs fighting for their religion.
Megachurch founder Bill Hybels denies reports of sexual misconduct
Church elders and an outside firm investigated and cleared Hybels. But recently several former employees went public with their accounts—and doubts about the investigations.
Glen Guyton first person of color to be Mennonite Church USA's top executive
He was an air force captain who became a conscientious objector. Now he'll lead a historic peace church.
Rwandan authorities close hundreds of churches
Rwanda's president has criticized the number of churches in the capital, Kigali. There are more than 1,300 in the city of nearly 1.2 million.
Parents of slain UN worker seek justice for their son, peace for the Congo
Michael J. Sharp had been investigating violence in the Congo when he was killed one year ago.
Casely Essamuah, "evangelical and ecumenical" pastor, to lead Global Christian Forum
Coming from Ghana, Essamuah views himself as a “bridge builder” between churches in the Global North and Global South.
Religion in public schools disputed in one of U.S.'s fastest-growing cities
The school superintendent's prayer during a mandatory meeting sparked tensions in McKinney, Texas.
United Lutheran Seminary fires president
Theresa F. Latini led an organization that taught that sexuality could be changed. She now rejects that—but students, faculty, and alumni charged her and the board with keeping that fact secret.
Congolese Catholic Church moves from state partner to 'spiritual opposition'
Most of Congo’s antigovernment protests—including several in February that saw at least two people killed—have begun on the steps of a Catholic Church.
How Tunisia's Sufis have withstood attack by hard-line Islamists
Salafism, a puritanical strand of Islam originating in Saudi Arabia, has sought to take over mosques and communities since the country’s 2011 revolution.
Jerusalem tax dispute centers on church-owned properties
Mayor Nir Barkat has called into question whether buildings that are not houses of worship should be tax-exempt.
Mohammed bin Salman's reforms bolster interfaith efforts
The Saudi crown prince’s Vision 2030 program includes rolling back the religious hierarchy’s power over domestic and foreign policies.
Stephen G. Ray Jr. begins presidency at Chicago Theological Seminary
Ray has "a deep awareness" of where theology intersects with race, politics, and culture.
South Dakota church offers forgiveness to youths who started fire in building
The temperature was below zero the night three stranded youths broke into the church hall and burned hymnals and furniture.
Colorado Mennonite investigator jailed for refusing to testify in death penalty case
Greta Lindecrantz sees her work in legal defense as opposing execution as punishment, her pastor said, so she doesn't want to aid the prosecution.
Anti-Semitic incidents up by 57 percent in 2017
Jonathan Greenblatt, director of the Anti-Defamation League, is calling on “all public figures” to speak out against intolerance.
Libya crisis becomes an opportunity for the Madkhalis
The movement reveres and follows the teachings of an 85-year-old Saudi Arabian cleric.