Author: Sarah Pulliam Bailey
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Conservative Christian guide to nation’s capital vows to tell what other tours won’t
The girls in red, white and blue plaid skirts and boys in khaki pants boarded the bus with their parents. The 46 sixth-graders from Tupelo (Miss.) Christian Preparatory School were headed to the National Mall for a conservative “Christian history” tour – a theme that stands out in largely liberal, diverse Washington, even given the…
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Forget Germanyfaith&ValuesThis is where Protestant Reformation debates are happening now
SAO PAULO, Brazil – Speaking from a stage encircled by 12 large crosses, Gabriel Camargo held up wads of fake Brazilian money, showing his flock what could be theirs. “God will bless you if you give a lot more to the church,” said Camargo, a pastor with the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.…
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Americans united when it comes to saying grace
OMRO, Wis. – One by one, the Weiss family rounded up the nine grandchildren, who had been running circles around the barns. They gathered under a towering maple tree, around a table laden with barbecue meatballs and French silk pie, and grabbed one another’s hands. “We ask your blessing on the meal we’re about to…
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Officials: 17-year-old Muslim girl assaulted and killed after leaving Virginia mosque
Police found remains Sunday thought to be those of a missing teenager who they say was assaulted and disappeared overnight after leaving a mosque in the Sterling area, and a 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the case. The mosque, the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) in Sterling, identified the…
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Trump signs order aimed at allowing churches to engage in more political activity
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at making it easier for churches to participate in politics, seeking to deliver on a campaign pledge to a community that overwhelmingly backed in him in last year’s election. The order, which Trump unveiled with great fanfare in a Rose Garden ceremony, was cheered by some conservative…
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Sanctuary church movement growing in U.S.
The number of churches and other houses of worship that have declared themselves sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants has doubled to an estimated 800 over the past year, according to leaders of the loosely-knit movement. The current church sanctuary movement in the U.S. began to take shape about 10 years ago, inspired by a 1980s effort…
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March for Life: Thousands assemble at Washington Monument
Thousands of abortion opponents began gathering in cold, blustery weather at the Washington Monument Friday for the annual March for Life. Bundled against a stiff wind, marchers from around the country descended on the northeast grounds of the monument for a rally and march, which Vice President Mike Pence and presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway were…
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Andy Griffith’s rural North Carolina hometown hopes Trump will make America great again
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. – From a perch on Main Street, the hometown of actor Andy Griffith looks this day like it was plucked right out of the television show that bears his name. And it was. Residents and tourists from farflung states mill along the thoroughfare, past the quaint low-slung shops made of Mount Airy’s…
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Kara Tippetts, the Colorado Springs woman who wrote an open letter to Brittany Maynard, is about to die
A Christian author and blogger with terminal cancer who tried to convince Brittany Maynard to reconsider her November decision to die through doctor-assisted suicide is facing her own death. Maynard made headlines as the 29-year-old who chose to die on Nov. 1 by taking a legal lethal prescription as she faced an aggressive cancerous brain…
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How adoption has forced evangelicals to grapple with race relations
Before she and her husband adopted a son and daughter from Ethiopia, popular evangelical blogger Jen Hatmaker said she had a different view about race in America. “A couple years ago, I would’ve said we’re moving to a post-racial society because I was so underexposed to people of color and the issues they deal with…