According to a new LifeWay Research study, the majority of pastors oppose sports betting and its legalization. If sports betting is legalized in their state, pastors are ready to respond.

Ministers breathe a sigh of relief as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago upholds the housing allowance.

Advocates on both sides of a case involving a 40-foot cross on government land agreed the Supreme Court appears open to considering different tests to recognize unconstitutional government establishment of religion, but they drew different conclusions.

Consumer advocates and predatory lending opponents expressed alarm about a proposed rollback of regulation designed to protect vulnerable borrowers from escalating debt.

The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty joined in a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling that a 40-foot cross on government land violates the U.S. Constitution.

A New Mexico assisted suicide bill that has been described as “devastating” to the sanctity of life is drawing opposition from Baptists and other groups in the state.

A recent U.S. Department of Justice opinion could strengthen the federal prohibition of online gambling across state lines.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granted a waiver that allows a South Carolina children’s ministry to participate in a government-funded foster-care program, even though the agency places children exclusively with Christian families.

Students from religious graduate schools at historically black colleges and universities attended the first session of a four-day intensive class on religious freedom.

When the 116th Congress was sworn in Jan. 3, it became one of the most religiously diverse delegations in American history, with more than a few lawmakers taking the oath of office while placing their hands on books other than the Christian Bible.

Ken Starr spoke with a freelance reporter for Religion News Service about his faith, his new book on the Clinton investigation, his advice for independent counsel Robert Mueller, his departure from Baylor and his views on U.S. immigration policy. (RNS)

Cuando miembros de la caravana de Centro América llegó a la frontera de Estados Unidos/México en  Tijuana, hubo iglesias que abrieron sus puertas para ministrar a los inmigrantes.