Rick Warren
Pastor Rick Warren apologizes for children’s Sunday school video loaded with Asian culture stereotypes
By Alejandra Molina — February 1, 2021
(RNS) — The video has been removed, but Michelle Ami Reyes, vice president for the Asian American Christian Collaborative, on Twitter described the video as using Asian culture 'as a prop for slapstick humor.'
When worship becomes entertainment is it really essential?
By Kenneth L. Woodward — December 23, 2020
(RNS) — When civil authorities, faced with a killer virus and the responsibility to contain it by limiting large gatherings, see humongous churches fashioned like theater auditoriums, no one should be surprised if they analogize houses of worship and treat them accordingly.
Wheaton mental health summit remembers Jarrid Wilson’s ‘legacy of hope’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 6, 2019
WHEATON, Ill. (RNS) — About 400 ministry leaders filled a sold-out auditorium at the Billy Graham Center for GC2: Facing Hard Truths and Challenges of Pastoral Ministry, focused on the topics of leadership, burnout and mental health.
Kay Warren to host annual gathering for survivors of suicide
By Alejandra Molina — November 22, 2019
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — As she hosts her seventh Survivors of Suicide Loss Day at Saddleback Church this year, Kay Warren said there have been many strides in mental health awareness, but more needs to be done.
‘Fat and Faithful’: A new book probes the spirituality of body image
By Jacob Lupfer — September 11, 2018
(RNS) — As a teenager, J. Nicole Morgan believed that inner beauty matters most for Christians. Reality — not to mention diet devotionals — didn't conform to those expectations.
What about the church’s silence?
By Beth Moore — January 31, 2018
(RNS) — The Harvey Weinstein scandal and atrocities against children by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar drop a question of epic proportions into the lap of the church: Why are we who preach and teach 'the truth will set you free' largely bound by silence regarding sexual assault and abuse?
Does the Reformation still matter?
By Jacob Lupfer — October 30, 2016
(RNS) 'I wanted my Protestantism to mean something. But I found little evidence that it really mattered -- to me or to anyone else,' writes Jacob Lupfer.
The Christian intellectual tradition is alive and well
By Jacob Lupfer — August 31, 2016
(RNS) So why have commentators bemoaned the absence of Christian thinkers as authoritative voices in American public debates?
God? Meaning of life? Many Americans don’t seek them in church
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — June 28, 2016
(RNS) “Are a lot of Americans on a conscious journey to learn who Jesus Christ is? I don’t think so,” said LifeWay Research's Scott McConnell.
Focus on family unites Catholics with other faiths in Philadelphia
By Kimberly Winston — September 24, 2015
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) A new book reflects not only Pope Francis' focus on the family, but also a spirit of ecumenism felt at the World Meeting of Families and beyond.
Why Franklin Graham’s salary raises eyebrows among Christian nonprofits
By Christine Wicker — August 18, 2015
(RNS) Evangelicals generally expect money they give to be used frugally. Big salaries come with questions.
3 things pastors should learn from Robert Schuller (COMMENTARY)
By William Vanderbloemen — April 3, 2015
(RNS) As America continues to see a rise of those who claim “none” as their spiritual affiliation, church leaders would do well to contemplate the legacy of Robert Schuller.
Faith-based aid groups face a hurdle: the faith that drives them
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — March 6, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) Faith and foreign aid make a complex, controversial mix. Yet leaders of faith-based nonprofits say the two can't be separated.
Top Catholics and evangelicals: Gay marriage worse than divorce or cohabitation
By David Gibson — January 28, 2015
NEW YORK (RNS) Growing acceptance of same-sex marriage will undermine society by eliminating any moral compass except that which the state declares to be the norm, leading Catholics and evangelicals say.
Sexual revolution is destroying families, Russell Moore tells Vatican conference
By Josephine McKenna — November 18, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Southern Baptist ethicist said the sexual revolution appeared to have imposed a new patriarchy that enabled men to “pursue a Darwinian fantasy of the predatory alpha male” for the pursuit of power and pleasure.
