The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a case prompted by a Montana program that offered tax credits to people who funded scholarships in private schools, including religious schools. Two Baptist agencies have taken opposing positions on the case.

01/24/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

President Trump marked National Religious Freedom Day by announcing a revised set of guidelines for religious expression in public schools and new regulations regarding government funds directed to faith-based agencies.

01/17/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

A federal judge in Maryland blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order allowing state and local officials to refuse refugee resettlement. It came less than one week after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to reject the direct resettlement of refugees

01/16/2020 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

President Donald Trump insisted he is favored by God during a Jan. 3 speech to evangelicals.

01/06/2020 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove has spent the better part of his life breaking out of the white evangelical cocoon he grew up in.

01/03/2020 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rule once again on the freedom of churches and other religious organizations to make employment decisions without government interference.

12/30/2019 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

The independent religious freedom watchdog whose future was in question in recent months was reauthorized as part of an ominbus bill President Trump signed Dec. 20.

12/23/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Mark Galli, editor-in-chief of the influential evangelical magazine Christianity Today, founded by evangelist Billy Graham in 1956, says President Donald Trump should be removed from office.

12/20/2019 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

A congressional proposal that seeks to balance religious freedom and equal protection for LGBT citizens has received a mixed reaction from Christian organizations.

12/18/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

The nation’s capital is about to have one less museum when the Newseum closes Dec. 31, but the Religious Freedom Center that was housed there will continue operations.

12/12/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Church-state expert Melissa Rogers defines the relationship between the U.S. government and religion as one with “meaningful independence,” but the ability to cooperate to do good.

12/04/2019 - By Aysha Khan / Religion News Service

Leith Anderson is a fan of the word “evangelical” and the Christians who claim that name. But he knows the term may have outlived its usefulness in a polarized country where evangelical has often become a synonym for conservative Republican.

12/02/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service