Enslaved for over 20 years, I was on my deathbed in a Thai village, writes Rakthai Sophia Loibl.
Then Jesus brought me back to life and showed me true freedom.
https://t.co/9JLjUU55mN
People across the country rely on local Black churches for help after hurricanes.
New funding from the Lilly Endowment is expected to bolster those services.
https://t.co/4UDMWd2eTu
Christian camps for kids with disabilities must mobilize small armies of volunteers every summer.
Now some must also adapt to new regulations.
https://t.co/tN9abafYJv
As GLP-1s become widely used for weight loss, Christians are split on whether they’re useful medications or spiritual shortcuts.https://t.co/rNyV5O4J3b
Bethany Christian will no longer allow LGBTQ parents to foster and adopt.
The move comes amid a broader shift at the largest Christian adoption agency to “reinforce” its Christian identity.
https://t.co/8aRUp580W4
Younger Americans, even evangelicals, prefer a generic “Christian” label over “Protestant”—but self-identified Protestants have more stable, engaged lives of faith.
https://t.co/jCYtrQfGfC
Legislation to improve prenatal well-being stalled in Congress, but Arkansas and Maryland launched new assistance for pregnant women and their babies.
https://t.co/at9N2vWb6g
Good read from @CTmagazine on the range of Christian responses to Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI.
What I appreciate most is not that everyone agrees. It's that more people are engaging the conversation. Questions about human dignity, formation, work, community and flourishing are no longer theoretical. They are becoming some of the defining questions of the AI era.
The church does not need to have all of the answers, but it does need to be in the conversation.
https://t.co/3F9J7XqsWh
Southern Baptists move closer to constitutional ban on women pastors.
Messengers easily passed a measure barring churches with women pastors or those that allow women to preach. The change must pass again next year to become permanent. https://t.co/RLkd5H96Py
I've been working with the @WheatonBGC on a poll of Gen Z.
And our first article about the data is out in @CTmagazine this morning.
Guess what? Gen Z doesn't know what the word Protestant means.
They are nearly 3x more likely to ID as a generic Christian.
Article below.
New from me at @CTmagazine, on the huge misunderstanding of conservative evangelical voters undergirding suggestions that they might vote for seminarian James Talarico in Texas (unlocked link): https://t.co/Tq7cxug3jB
Senate candidate James Talarico’s faith won’t win him many evangelical votes, argues @bonniekristian.
Big political debates—like abortion and transgender issues—don’t go away just because a candidate checks the same religion box on a census form.
https://t.co/8FZfPmQI2H
A new Harvard-World Vision study surveyed 4,600 children worldwide and affirms the importance of family in spiritual formation.
https://t.co/aQvxoLr9UT