An Alaska man who was accused of weaponizing the name of Jesus to rob a bank in Anchorage had those charges dismissed by a local prosecutor earlier this month, but the case against him could still be
Over a dozen liberal House members were arrested outside of the Supreme Court Tuesday. The House members were arrested as part of a protest over abortion rights in the wake of the High Courts' decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
TikTok is the most downloaded app in the world. Known for short viral videos, it has tens of millions of users in the U.S. In order to operate successfully, TikTok collects a lot of data. It tracks account information, search history, any content created through the platform, along with users' locations and behavioral information. The problem: TikTok is based in China, and the Chinese government is collecting your personal data.
In this issue of A Public Witness, we take you on a road trip to Maryland to understand the dynamics of an internal fight for the soul of the Republican Party. Then we look at the efforts to strengthen Christian Nationalism’s political potency by Republicans and Democrats from other states.
Just a few days after his wife and co-pastor Beni Johnson passed away, Bethel Church Senior Leader Bill Johnson preached Sunday at one of the church's services.
The U S Department of Justice has filed a complaint against a Michigan city, accusing it of religious discrimination against a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Summertime power blackouts are occurring more frequently in America, and heat is not the only culprit. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation warns that a hotter than usual summer will cause more power failures throughout most of the Western U.S. this year.
Extreme heat is sweeping the country right now with many areas of the U.S. facing temperatures that could feel like 115 degrees with heat and humidity on Tuesday.
LAKELAND, Fla. (RNS) -- More than 100 churches are suing the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church to immediately disaffiliate from the denomination. The lawsuit comes amid a slow-moving schism in the United Methodist Church largely over the ordination and marriage of its LGBTQ members. And, according to the head…
In 1993, the Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., founder of Liberty University and co-founder of the Moral Majority, promoted a book called “The Myth of Separation” by a Texan named David Barton. According to a Christian Century report, less than a month later on Falwell’s television show, “The Old Time Gospel Hour,” he preached a strident sermon in which he said, “Let everyone know that this separation of church and state business is bogus.”
A youth mission group from Seventh-day Adventist churches in Maryland is safe and returning from southern Panama after being unable to leave a compound for more than a week due to social unrest over ...
