R. Albert Mohler Jr.
Prominent San Francisco evangelical church drops celibacy requirement for LGBT members
By Kimberly Winston — March 16, 2015
(RNS) City Church’s action places it in the ranks of at least two other large, urban evangelical congregations that have reversed their policies requiring celibacy for gay members.
Megachurch pastors leave Reformed evangelical network amid child abuse scandal
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — May 18, 2014
Joshua Harris and C.J. Mahaney are no longer on the Gospel Coalition's council, the latest casualties in an ongoing struggle with sex abuse that has overshadowed some of the biggest names in evangelicalism.
Al Mohler responds: The evangelical unease over contraception
By R. Albert Mohler Jr. — January 8, 2014
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (RNS) Our concern is to raise an alarm about the entire edifice of modern sexual morality, and to acknowledge that millions of evangelicals have unwittingly aided and abetted that moral revolution by an unreflective and unfaithful embrace of the contraceptive revolution.
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.
Evangelical visits to BYU signal a new evangelical-Mormon detente
By Adelle M. Banks — October 30, 2013
(RNS) After top Southern Baptist and Assemblies of God leaders visited Brigham Young University, is there a detente -- perhaps more practical than theological -- between evangelicals and Mormons?
Is God an angry ogre? Presbyterians and Baptists debate
By Bob Smietana — August 16, 2013
(RNS) A dispute over a hymn has Presbyterians and Baptists tussling over the Christian doctrines of the atonement, which explain why Jesus died and whether his death satisfies God’s wrath over humankind’s sinfulness.
Are atheists smarter than believers? Not exactly.
By Kimberly Winston — August 16, 2013
(RNS) Miron Zuckerman is careful to point out that his work does not mean only dumb people believe in God. Rather, he said, it shows only that more intelligent people may have less need for religion.
King’s College, NY, names Greg Thornbury president
By Adelle M. Banks — July 11, 2013
(RNS) Greg Thornbury, dean of Union University’s theology school, has been named the new president of The King’s College, a New York City evangelical school whose previous leader became embroiled in controversy.
Southern Baptist Richard Land passes baton to Russell Moore
By Adelle M. Banks — May 28, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) “Jesus is convictional,” Russell Moore said in an interview as he began to adjust to his Washington office just off Capitol Hill. “He speaks clearly about sin, righteousness and judgment but Jesus is not panicked or outraged.”
Evangelical leaders stand by pastor accused of abuse cover-up
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — May 24, 2013
(RNS) Several leading evangelical pastors and authors have come to the defense of a pastor accused in a lawsuit for covering up sexual abuse of children.
Pope Benedict’s American fan club full of evangelicals
By Daniel Burke — February 12, 2013
(RNS) Not all Catholics appreciated Pope Benedict XVI's staunch defense of Christian orthodoxy, traditional marriage and life from conception to natural death. But American evangelicals sure did.
Pastor who pushes corporal punishment accused of abuse
By Bob Smietana — January 16, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) A pastor known for promoting corporal punishment has been accused of physically abusing a woman for 25 years, beginning during her childhood. By Bob Smietana / USA Today.
What’s next for religious conservatives?
By David Gibson — November 7, 2012
(RNS) Mitt Romney failed in his bid to win the White House back for Republicans, but the biggest losers in Tuesday’s voting may be Christian conservatives who put everything they had into denying President Obama a second term and battling other threats to their agenda. Does the religious right need to reinvent itself?
Page 2 of 2
