What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals in Jordan call for “peace and justice” in the Middle East. Iowa evangelical kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats is now endorsing school board candidates. Shane Claiborne stays on message: How a “Charismatic Baptist” became […]
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Evangelical roundup for October 9, 2023
What is going on in Evangelical land? The number of evangelicals who believe the “earth is in crisis” is dropping. Italian evangelicals oppose the participation of the World Evangelical Alliance’s in a Vatican-sponsored prayer vigil. Denver Seminary hosts a conference […]
What’s going on at Charlie Kirk’s MAGA pastorfest?
MAGA pastors are in San Diego this weekend as part of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Faith event. Get up to speed here. Here’s what has happened so far: Let’s begin with Charlie Kirk. He is suggesting that evangelicals missed out […]
What is popular this week at Current?
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Trump court evangelicals, prophets, and pseudo-historians will gather with Charlie Kirk in San Diego this week to train pastors
This week over 1,000 Christian pastors will converge on San Diego for the Turning Point USA “Pastors Summit.” According to the event website, this event will highlight “the need for pastors and their congregations to stand for truth and no […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
Evangelical roundup for September 4, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? The president of World Relief calls on Congress to continue to support PEPFAR. Has Trump wrapped-up the evangelical vote in Iowa? Daniel K. Williams: “People hold on to their politics when they stop attending […]
Evangelical roundup for August 28, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Do evangelicals need a new ecclesiology? Why evangelicals support the Afghan Adjustment Act. Julie Roys and Karen Swallow Prior on the “evangelical imagination.” Prayer cards on trees: Tony Evans has a podcast. Shane Claiborne […]
Imagine if the Christian right started offering mere ‘thoughts and prayers’ to end abortion
Four dead at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville today. That’s the 470th mass shooting in the United States this year–and it’s only August. I wrote this piece at The Washington Post after the 2019 shootings in El Paso, Texas […]
Evangelical roundup for August 17, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelical politico Bob Vander Plaats: “Iowa is going to be wide open.” Good advice on how to send money to evangelical groups working in Maui. Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is an organization to avoid […]
Evangelical roundup for August 10, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Russell Moore talks to National Public Radio. He says that Jesus’s claims in the Sermon on the Mount are not “liberal talking points.” “Most conservative evangelicals gave up on the politics of character in […]
Evangelical roundup for August 7, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will Trump’s recent indictment hurt his support among evangelicals? More on why evangelicals are leaving church. Is Trump’s evangelical support in Iowa slipping? Bonnie Kristian responds to Jake Meador’s Atlantic piece on church attendance. […]
Evangelical roundup for July 10, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Church of England evangelicals continue to oppose same-sex blessings. David French on humility and Christian politics. Are evangelicals becoming less Southern Baptist? A Christian contemporary music duo is taking heat for appearing with musicians […]
Evangelical roundup for July 6, 2023
What’s happening in Evangelical land? Latino evangelicals are backing Ron DeSantis despite his views on immigration. An evangelical building interfaith bridges with Mormons. Karen Swallow Prior’s career and the Southern Baptist Convention. In my view, she has been an essential […]
Evangelical roundup for June 29, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? French evangelicals speak-out about attempts to remove Christian holidays. New faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary. The Evangelical Olympics in Galicia. A new tool for worship bands. “We Will Rock You” as a Christian song. […]
The Christian Right “Road to Majority” conference opens with a sermon: “Blacks have become the cheap prostitutes of the Democratic Party”
Ralph Reed’s Christian Right gathering this weekend began with a sermon by Black preacher John M. Amanchukwu. Amanchukwu is a former North Carolina State football player, a graduate of Liberty University, and appears on shows such as The Charlie Kirk […]
Evangelical roundup for June 22, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Peter Wehner continues to go after evangelicals for supporting Trump. European evangelicals meet to learn more about Roman Catholicism. The Church of God gathers for its annual convention. The Council for Christian Colleges & […]
Evangelical roundup for June 19, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? C.S. Lewis and space aliens A review of two new documentaries about evangelicalism. Karen Swallow Prior on Tim Alberta’s new book: Anglican evangelicals on the Uganda anti-LGBTQ policy. Not all evangelicals believe women should […]
Evangelical roundup for June 15, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Happy Birthday to my favorite evangelical Christian–Joy Fea! See our coverage of the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention here and here and here and here and here and here. Harvard Magazine features […]
Court evangelical Robert Jeffress claims he just texted Trump: “There are millions of Christians praying for you right now”
A Southern Baptist once told me that the most dangerous place in the Southern Baptist Convention is between Robert Jeffress and a camera. The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas does not seem phased by the Trump federal […]