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Searchlight Pictures The Redemption of a Televangelist
For decades, the mascara-laden Tammy Faye was relentlessly mocked. Maybe America got her wrong.
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Getty / The Atlantic Some of the Most Visible Christians in America Are Failing the Coronavirus Test
In place of love, they’re offering stark self-righteous judgment.
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Jonathan Bachman / Reuters Southern Baptists’ Midlife Crisis
Forty years after its conservative rebirth, the nation’s largest Protestant body is showing signs of age.
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Mark Humphrey / AP The Lessons Southern Baptists Need to Learn
America’s largest Protestant denomination is reeling from a sexual-abuse scandal. Can its leaders push through needed reforms?
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Teaching the Bible in Public Schools Is a Bad Idea—For Christians
If many evangelicals don’t trust public schools to teach their children about sex or science, why would they want those schools teaching scripture?
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Mike Blake / Reuters Lauren Daigle and the Lost Art of Discernment
The Christian musician says she is unsure about the morality of LGBTQ relationships. Not all of her fans are prepared to accept that.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches
Religious communities often face a choice: Sell off the buildings they can no longer afford, or find a way to fill them with new uses.
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Jeffrey McWhorter / AP Southern Baptists Call Off the Culture War
America’s largest Protestant group moves to cut ties with the Republican Party and reengage with mainstream culture.
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John Bazemore / AP The Scandal Tearing Apart America's Largest Protestant Denomination
A denominational leader’s claim that abused women should remain in their broken marriages is forcing Southern Baptists to pick sides.
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Mike Segar/ Reuters Why Liberty University Kicked an Anti-Trump Christian Author Off Campus
Jonathan Martin was removed by armed campus police officers and told never to return.
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Rodrigo Garrido / Reuters Southern Baptists Embrace Gender-Inclusive Language in the Bible
America's largest Protestant denomination has produced a revised translation that incorporates many features it had long condemned.
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Matt Rourke / AP The Gay, Conservative Christian Who Might Be Trump's NATO Ambassador
Richard Grenell’s struggles with his faith and identity inform his public work.
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Oli Scarff / Getty Is AI a Threat to Christianity?
Are you there, God? It’s I, robot.
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Savo Prelevic / AFP / Getty Can Evangelicals Help Trump Thaw Relations With Russia?
They were Ronald Reagan’s allies during the Cold War. But some now want the president-elect to build bridges with Vladimir Putin.
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Elise Amendola / AP Should Anti-Trump Evangelicals Leave the Movement?
Members disillusioned by support for the president-elect can more easily effect change if they stay put.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters InterVarsity's Move on Gay Marriage
A national campus fellowship network told employees they can be fired for their beliefs on LGBT relationships.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters Donald Trump Isn't Relying on Faith Alone
The Republican candidate brings on board a new religious-outreach director.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Trump-Loving Christians Owe Bill Clinton an Apology
Conservative evangelicals were unwilling to offer forgiveness to a Democrat who asked for it. But they have freely offered it to a Republican who doesn’t want it.
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Bettmann / Corbis via Getty The Conservative, Christian Case for Working Women
An evangelical Christian and avowed feminist argues that God intends every woman to work.
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Gretchen Ertl / Reuters The Awkward Love Story of Trump and American Evangelicals
The presidential candidate has been cozying up to conservative Christians. Recently, they’ve been cozying back.
