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  Court rules tuition program cannot exclude religious schools

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled July 21 a state tuition assistance program in Maine cannot exclude religious schools.

  06/21/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  State Department reports religious freedom woes and wins

  Secretary of State Antony Blinken, announcing a new global religious freedom report, said many governments are continuing to disregard the rights and the faiths of their citizens.

  06/06/2022 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Iowa pastor assures heartbroken flock God is near

  At a morning prayer service on June 3, stunned and shattered worshippers gathered to weep, pray, sing and mourn two young women killed at an Iowa church.

  06/03/2022 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Support for Israel strong among older white evangelicals in U.S.

  A recent survey found 70 percent of white American evangelicals believe God gave the land of Israel to the Jewish people, and 86 percent said said they feel warmly toward Israelis—more than any other Christian group.

  05/31/2022 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Buffalo church, community grieve supermarket massacre

  Four miles from the Tops Friendly Markets mass shooting May 14, North Buffalo Community Church Pastor William Smith is comforting a crying community.

  05/17/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  One dead, five wounded in California church shooting

  One person is dead and five people were injured May 15 in a shooting inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in the south Orange County city of Laguna Woods, Calif., authorities said.

  05/17/2022 - By Alejandra Molina / Religion News Service

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  First report on Native American boarding schools released

  The United States operated 408 boarding schools for indigenous children across 37 states or then-territories between 1819 and 1969—half of them likely supported by religious institutions, the U.S. Department of the Interior reported.

  05/13/2022 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Melissa Rogers affirms diversity as interfaith group expands

  Interfaith leaders, including a top White House official, gathered at Georgetown University May 10 to affirm engagement across faiths and urge more multireligious action to enhance democracy and diminish polarization.

  05/11/2022 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Pregnancy centers on alert following attacks and vandalism

  Attacks across the country on some pregnancy care centers have left other like-minded groups on high alert while maintaining their positions on the sanctity of life.

  05/10/2022 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Leaked draft indicates Roe could be overturned

  When Politico published a leaked draft opinion indicating a majority on the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, religious leaders reacted quickly to the news.

  05/03/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Court rules Boston violated free speech in Christian flag case

  The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Boston violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment when it denied a request to fly the Christian flag on a city flagpole.

  05/02/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Supreme Court considers coach’s post-game prayers

  The U.S. Supreme Court weighed lengthy arguments April 25 regarding whether a high school football coach’s post-game prayer at midfield violates the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion.

  04/26/2022 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press