Nation Oct 06 Jim Bakker, minister who built a televangelism empire and lost it from sex and money scandals, dies at 86 By Jim Salter, Hallie Golden, Associated Press
World Oct 02 Hegseth creates a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs that reports directly to him Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has infused his evangelical Christianity into his leadership of the Pentagon, hosting Christian worship services for employees and often speaking of the United States as a Christian nation. By Tiffany Stanley, Associated Press
World Apr 24 Watch 9:22 Ukrainian evangelical pastors show resilience while facing persecution from Russian forces After Russia attacked Ukraine in 2022, some 20,000 Ukrainian children were forcefully transferred to Russia. As the city of Mariupol was being surrounded by Russian troops, the head of a Christian orphanage decided to take matters into his own hands… By Simon Ostrovsky, Yegor Troyanovsky, Shahida Tulaganova
Nation Oct 23 Oklahoma attorney general files lawsuit to stop first publicly funded religious school in U.S. Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Friday sued to stop a state board from establishing and funding what would be the nation's first religious public charter school after the board ignored Drummond's warning that it would violate both the… By Sean Murphy, Associated Press
Politics Sep 18 Watch 3:13 How GOP presidential candidates are courting evangelical voters in Iowa Republican presidential hopefuls took center stage in Iowa over the weekend and made their case to a key voting bloc in the state: evangelicals. The candidates touched on issues important to religious conservatives, abortion in particular. Laura Barron-López reports. By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens
Jul 17 Biden's bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives By Elana Schor, Jack Jenkins, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s appeal to religious conservatives is a cornerstone of his political identity. But Joe Biden is a different kind of foe than Trump has faced before: one who makes his devout Catholicism a central part of his persona. Continue reading
Jul 02 Trump vows to support and defend religious freedom in U.S. By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump told a gathering of evangelical Christians that the threat of terrorism is "one of the most grave and dire threats to religious freedom in the world today."… Continue reading
May 15 Watch Falwell Blazed Trail in American Politics, Religious Right The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the founder of the Moral Majority who helped galvanize Christian conservatives to elect President Reagan, died Tuesday at age 73. Analysts examine his impact on politics and faith in America. Continue watching