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Cuts at Department of Education decried, praised

Trump administration efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education by slashing its workforce and closing offices is a “reckless move” that will create “chaos and confusion” and undermine religious freedom, said Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.

03/13/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Refugee resettlement groups concerned about new plans

In a March 10 status report on refugee resettlement, President Donald Trump’s administration acknowledged there had been a “significant deterioration of functions” due to its stop-work orders and suspension of resettlement programs.

03/13/2025 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

Evangelical groups hold vigil against foreign aid cuts

Evangelical Christian groups are calling on Congress to reinstate foreign aid programs shuttered by President Donald Trump’s administration, arguing the government’s actions will hurt millions of people around the world.

03/12/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Oklahoma superintendent seeks funds for patriotic Bibles

After state officials rejected Ryan Walters’ request for $3 million to buy Bibles to place in Oklahoma school classrooms, he launched a fundraising campaign to buy copies endorsed by President Donald Trump, with the help of country singer Lee Greenwood.

03/10/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Administration cancels grants to refugee aid agencies

The Trump administration is making moves to shutter a partnership between the government and religious organizations to resettle refugees, with the State Department canceling grant agreements with all the agencies despite ongoing legal battles.

03/03/2025 - By Jack Jenkins and Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Judge blocks Trump order pausing refugee admissions

A federal judge in Seattle issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend refugee admissions, saying the president likely exceeded his authority.

02/26/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Judge bars warrantless immigration raids on CBF churches

A federal judge in Maryland granted a preliminary injunction to bar immigration agents from conducting warrantless raids on Cooperative Baptist Fellowship churches, as well as Quaker assemblies and a Sikh temple.

02/25/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Trump’s IVF executive order worries abortion foes

Americans are polarized on many issues in public life, from what books kids should be allowed to read in school to how to reform the nation’s immigration system.

02/24/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Lawmakers seek to bar ICE raids at sensitive locations

Lawmakers and religious groups are speaking out in support of a bill that would largely protect immigrants from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids within 1,000 feet of “sensitive locations” such as hospitals, schools and churches.

02/17/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Faith leaders concerned about USAID suspension

Faith leaders continue to raise mounting concern about the global impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend operations of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

02/13/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Convención y Fellowship Southwest se unen a una demanda

La Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas y Fellowship Southwest se unieron a más de dos docenas de organizaciones religiosas en una demanda que cuestiona un cambio de política que permite a los funcionarios de inmigración entrar en iglesias y otros lugares sensibles.

02/11/2025 - By Ken Camp

Convención and Fellowship Southwest join lawsuit

Convención Hispana Bautista de Texas and Fellowship Southwest joined more than two dozen religious organizations in a lawsuit challenging a policy change allowing immigration officers to enter churches and other sensitive locations.

02/11/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor