Half of America’s Protestant pastors say they approve of the job President Donald Trump has done in the White House, but many are unsure.

Representatives of the Progressive National Baptist Convention and the National Baptist Convention USA declared they would stand apart from white liberals and conservatives alike while seeking to address a politically divided nation.

Although the two previous presidents made concerted efforts to connect with a wide array of faith groups, the Trump administration seemingly is taking a different approach—giving certain faith groups selective access to the White House.

Murderous rampages have become so common, crime trackers disagree over proper terminology to describe the carnage. In the midst of increasing violence, churches face the challenge of continuing to show God’s love, grace and mercy in the midst of Satan’s prolific work, pastors affected by such violence said.

Author Eric Metaxas and historian John Fea offer significantly different views on how the Founding Fathers viewed the proper role of religion.

A church-state watchdog group is demanding a halt to meetings between the Trump administration and an informal group of evangelical advisers who have proved to be among the president’s staunchest supporters.

The U.S. Army dropped its investigation Aug. 24 against Southern Baptist chaplain Maj. Jerry Scott Squires, a Southern Baptist chaplain, exonerating him of all charges.

Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war who embraced patriotism loudly and religion quietly, died Aug. 25 at age 81.

A group from The Satanic Temple temporarily erected a goat-headed, winged statue on the Arkansas State Capitol grounds Aug. 16 to protest the Ten Commandments monument already placed there.

By Sunday evening, Aug. 12, Washington, D.C., hosted far more anti-racist religious demonstrators than white supremacists, suggesting white nationalists inadvertently had done more to unite people than bolster the ranks of racists.

Evangelical pastors in Charlottesville, Va., said a community interracial worship service appeared to be the largest local gathering during what media described as a weekend of peaceful but tense demonstrations in the city

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