Doug Phillips

Behind Trump’s push to reopen schools, a gift for Bible-based education

By Julie Ingersoll — July 31, 2020
(RNS) — Delivering on promises to his evangelical base, the president's push to fund schools that reopen is aimed at undermining public education in favor of private Christian education.

COMMENTARY: The evangelical unease over contraception

By Jacob Lupfer — December 30, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Evangelical concerns about contraception are about much more than contraception, and the debate over birth control is a mere skirmish in a larger theological and ideological battle.

2013 in Review: Pope Francis dominates the headlines

By Kevin Eckstrom — December 18, 2013
(RNS) Yes, Pope Francis dominated the headlines for 2013. But he wasn't the only big religion story to receive front-page treatment.

Vision Forum shuts down after patriarchy proponent’s ‘serious sins’

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 13, 2013
(RNS) Vision Forum Ministries was geared for a segment of evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who profess a traditionalist understanding of Scripture, sexuality and gender roles.

Patriarchy proponent Doug Phillips resigns after extramarital relationship

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 6, 2013
(RNS) Home schooling advocate Doug Phillips preaches a message of "biblical patriarchy," in which a man is called to "rule over his household" and "the God-ordained and proper sphere of dominion for a wife is the household."
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