David Neff
Desmond Ford, 90, Adventist theologian defrocked for controversial beliefs, dies
By Mark A. Kellner — March 12, 2019
(RNS) — Desmond Ford, a theology professor who was defrocked by Seventh-day Adventists after being accused of questioning the movement's core beliefs, died this week at 90. The controversy over Ford led to a schism among Adventists.
Why a ‘yes’ to gays is often a ‘no’ to evangelicalism (COMMENTARY)
By Jacob Lupfer — June 10, 2015
(RNS) When the editor of Christianity Today does not distance himself from “fellow evangelical” David Neff or The New York Times reports on a “brother in Christ” named Matthew Vines, the gatekeepers must spring into action.
ANALYSIS: World Vision’s gay marriage flip-flop reflects evangelical angst as culture shifts
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 27, 2014
World Vision may have gone back to the status quo, but the larger issue of how religious institutions will handle a growing acceptance of same-sex marriage will not go away. If anything, this is just the beginning.
Religious leaders ask HHS to broaden birth control exemption
By David Gibson — June 12, 2012
(RNS) A coalition of nearly 150 religious leaders, led by conservative Protestants, have petitioned the Obama administration to broaden the exemption that allows churches and some religious organizations to avoid the controversial policy mandating that all health care insurers provide free contraception coverage. By David Gibson.
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