Only 33 churches signed up to participate in a conservative Christian group’s Pulpit Freedom Sunday Sept. 28, but planners viewed the exercise in civil disobedience as a success.

10/06/2008 - By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press

Voters hoping to know more about the vice-presidential candidates’ faith-influenced views on contentious policy issues probably learned little from the Oct. 2 debate between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin.

10/03/2008 - By Vicki Brown

There may never be a female pastor leading Tony Perkins’ Southern Baptist congregation in Louisiana, but there could be a woman taking over the vice president’s mansion in Washington. And as Perkins sees it, there’s no contradiction there whatsoever.

09/25/2008 - By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service

Four in 10 Americans believe religious leaders should be permitted to endorse political candidates from the pulpit without risking their organization’s tax-exempt status, a new survey by the First Amendment Center shows.

09/25/2008 - By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service

Retired high-ranking military officers and national security experts at a national summit on torture agreed—a policy that permits torture does not make the United States or its troops safer.

09/11/2008 - By Ken Camp, Managing Editor

A new survey suggests the very Americans who claim to follow the Bible most assiduously don’t consult it when forming their views about torture and government policy.

09/11/2008 - By Rob Marus, Associated Baptist Press

There is a debate in some religious circles about whether voting in secular elections is a duty for Christians.

09/09/2008 - By Tim Murphy, Religion News Service

Adventist leader James Standish has been named the new executive director of a federal panel that advocates for global religious liberty.

08/20/2008 - By ABP staff

Individual stand on moral issues — from personal character to the international arena — was the foundation of the Aug. 16 Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency.

08/20/2008 - By Vicki Brown

A nonpartisan coalition of more than 90 faith, community, labor and business organizations has launched an ambitious “$10 in 2010” campaign to raise the federal minimum wage within two years.

08/14/2008 - By Ashly McGlone, Religion News Service

If Obama can cut McCain’s margin among evangelical voters from 78 percent to 68 percent, the election may be his, a political observer says.

08/13/2008 - By Ted Roelofs, Religion News Service

Making jokes and comments about a person’s religion can create a “humiliating and painful environment” and be a form of on-the-job discrimination, New Jersey’s highest court recently ruled.

08/13/2008 - By Kate Coscarelli, Religion News Service