Jack Jenkins

• Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban
  The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from a group of primarily Muslim-majority countries in a 5-4 decision, arguing it is within the...
  Wednesday, June 27, 2018
• Justices Hand Down 7-2 Ruling for Christian Baker in Wedding Cake Case
  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to design a cake for a couple’s same-sex wedding, a controversial case that was widely seen as a standoff between...
  Tuesday, June 5, 2018
• Newly Famous, Bishop Michael Curry Walks Fine Line in Political Fray
  At a time when both political and spiritual matters are often marked by division, the praise for his sermon — which focused on Jesus’ message of love — was a rare moment of unity.
  Friday, June 1, 2018
• Democratic Senators Fuse Faith and Politics in Appeal to Mainline Preachers
  Two prominent Democratic U.S. senators, both possible presidential hopefuls, addressed a gathering of pastors this week, pairing religion with politics in an unusually direct appeal to left-leaning...
  Thursday, May 24, 2018
• Tony Perkins Appointed to US Panel on International Religious Freedom
  Tony Perkins, the head of the conservative Christian lobbying group Family Research Council, has been appointed to a U.S. government commission dedicated to “defending the universal right to...
  Wednesday, May 16, 2018
• Liberty University is No Longer the Largest Christian University
  Since as far back as 2012, Liberty University has touted itself as the “world’s largest Christian university.”
  Tuesday, May 1, 2018
• 5 Faith Facts about Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State Nominee
  Mike Pompeo, a Republican congressman from Kansas before he took the helm of the CIA in 2017, is President Trump’s nominee now for secretary of state. But Pompeo’s fitness for the office has been...
  Friday, April 20, 2018
• Clergy Reject Missouri Bill on Concealed Guns in Churches
  A group of religious leaders is condemning a Missouri bill to permit people to carry concealed firearms in church without permission from clergy, with St. Louis’ Catholic archbishop threatening to...
  Friday, April 13, 2018
• As Facebook Reels, Silicon Valley Dabbles in Ethics
  When Mark Zuckerberg was grilled in Congress on Facebook’s data privacy scandal, few news outlets picked up on his reference to an internal ethics team at the company.
  Thursday, April 12, 2018
• Liberty U’s Falwell ‘Censors’ Student Newspaper Coverage of Event Organized By Critics
  Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. stifled an effort by the school’s newspaper to report on an event this weekend organized by his critics, said a student editor.
  Tuesday, April 10, 2018
• Johnson Amendment Remains Intact in Latest Omnibus Spending Bill
  The part of tax law that prohibits houses of worship from engaging in explicit political activity will remain intact for now, despite concerns that Republican lawmakers would try to repeal it in...
  Monday, March 26, 2018
• Christian Group Plans ‘Revival’ to Protest ‘Toxic Evangelicalism’ in Lynchburg, VA
  A group of progressive evangelicals and other Christians are planning a “revival” this spring to protest “toxic evangelicalism” and evangelical leaders such as Jerry Falwell Jr. who support...
  Friday, February 9, 2018
• Anti-abortion Democrats Navigate Divide between March for Life and the Women’s March
  In 2017, Kristen Day was one of relatively few women to attend both the record-breaking Women’s March, whose organizers voiced strong support for abortion rights, and the March for Life, an...
  Monday, January 22, 2018
• Salvadorans at Risk of Losing Immigration Status Find Support in Churches
  When German Fernandez learned last week that the Trump administration plans to end temporary protected status for him and around 200,000 other immigrants from El Salvador, it was a nightmare come...
  Wednesday, January 17, 2018
• Trump’s Alleged ‘S***hole’ Remark Seems to Discomfit Some of His Evangelical Advisers
  At least three members of the White House’s informal board of evangelical advisers have distanced themselves from President Trump’s alleged reference to “shithole countries” during talks about...
  Monday, January 15, 2018
• Is Trump Widening a Rift between the Evangelicals and Mideast Christians?
  When President Donald Trump announced in December he would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and call for the U.S. embassy to be moved there, some of his loudest cheerleaders were...
  Tuesday, January 9, 2018