The nation’s most broadly ecumenical Christian group is urging the new administration of President-elect Obama to include help for the poor in any economic-stimulus package.

01/15/2009 - By Administrator

A broad coalition of religious leaders has written a letter asking President-elect Barack Obama to make one of his first acts in office signing an executive order banning torture.

01/14/2009 - By Administrator

Richard John Neuhaus, a former anti-war Lutheran pastor turned Catholic theologian and neoconservative, died Jan. 8 at age 72. Neuhaus tutored President Bush in Catholic social teaching and helped build a coalition of Catholics and evangelicals that many political analysts believe made Bush's election possible.

01/12/2009 - By Administrator

Will the Obamas attend a predominantly African-American church once they settle into the White House?

01/09/2009 - By admin

Baptists, they say, multiply by dividing. And the various Baptist churches and denominational groups represented in the incoming 111th Congress are emblematic of America’s broad array of Baptists — and of religious life in general.

01/05/2009 - By Administrator

Pastor Rick Warren termed criticism of his selection to pray the invocation at President-elect Barack Obama's Jan. 20 inauguration "hate speech" and "Christophobia" in a video message on the Saddleback Church website.

12/30/2008 - By Administrator

The Pentagon recently reversed its policy of granting religious groups like the Gideons International preferential access to provide literature to new recruits.

12/29/2008 - By Administrator

Christian leaders on Dec. 18 called on President-elect Barack Obama to ease travel restrictions to Cuba they say hinder religious work.

12/18/2008 - By Administrator

Rick Warren, founder of the Southern Baptist Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., will give the invocation at Barack Obama's Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.

12/17/2008 - By Administrator

Fifty-nine evangelical leaders signed a letter requesting that whoever is chosen to replace ousted lobbyist Richard Cizik at the National Association of Evangelicals carry on Cizik's commitment to a moral agenda broader than opposition to homosexuality and abortion.

12/17/2008 - By Administrator

Backlash over comments about gay rights on a public-radio broadcast has apparently cost a prominent National Association of Evangelicals lobbyist his job.

12/11/2008 - By Administrator

President Bush was recognized on the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day for his international efforts to fight the spread of AIDS.

12/11/2008 - By admin