Sarah Pulliam Bailey

• Rick Warren and Others Rent Theaters for Premiere of ‘Son of God’ Tuesday, February 18, 2014
  Christian leaders, including megachurch pastor Rick Warren, plan to rent every screen in numerous multiplex theaters across 10 cities for the premiere of Mark Burnett and Roma Downey’s upcoming...
• Bob Jones University Fires Firm Hired to Investigate Sex Abuse Monday, February 10, 2014
  Bob Jones University has fired an independent firm hired to investigate sex abuse reports just one month before the group planned to release its 13-month review findings.
• Faith Leaders Wrestle Over Growing Support for Marijuana Tuesday, February 4, 2014
  As public opinion has shifted in support of legalized marijuana, religious leaders are wrestling over competing interests, including high prison rates and legislating morality.
• Dinesh D’Souza Indicted For Violating Election Law Friday, January 24, 2014
  Conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violating campaign finance laws in contributions to a Senate candidate.
• Study: Conservative Protestants’ divorce rates spread to their red state neighbors Wednesday, January 22, 2014
  Conservative Protestants in red states aren’t the only ones seeing high divorce rates — so are their neighbors, according to a new study.
• Annual March for Life Reaches a New Group: Evangelicals Monday, January 20, 2014
  This year the march will feature one headliner most evangelicals can recognize: Focus on the Family founder James Dobson.
• Tony Campolo to Shutter Ministry He Started 40 Years Ago Wednesday, January 15, 2014
  Tony Campolo announced Tuesday (Jan. 14) that the organization he founded nearly 40 years ago will close on June 30.
• President Obama Is Not the Anti-Christ Friday, January 10, 2014
  Already no stranger to controversy, the Rev. Robert Jeffress, a Dallas megachurch pastor, is coming out with a book that claims President Barack Obama is clearing the way for the Antichrist.
• Harold Camping Dies at 92 Wednesday, December 18, 2013
  Harold Camping, the radio preacher who convinced thousands of followers that Jesus would return on May 21, 2011, to usher in the end of the the world, has died.
• Conservatives Say Utah Polygamy Ruling Confirms Their Worst Fears Tuesday, December 17, 2013
  Fueling debates over marriage and religious freedom, a federal judge declared on Dec. 13 Utah laws criminalizing polygamy are unconstitutional, ruling on a case involving the Brown family from...
• Megachurch Pastor, Obama Spiritual Adviser Joel Hunter’s Son Dead in Apparent Suicide Wednesday, December 11, 2013
  Megachurch founder Isaac Hunter, who is son of another megachurch pastor Joel Hunter, was found dead in an apparent suicide, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
• David Barton & Kenneth Copeland: PTSD isn’t biblical Friday, November 15, 2013
  On a Veterans Day broadcast program, televangelist Kenneth Copeland and David Barton told listeners that soldiers should never experience guilt or post-traumatic stress.
• Patriarchy Proponent Doug Phillips Resigns After Extramarital Relationship Friday, November 8, 2013
  After cancelling all planned speaking engagements, Phillips, however, on Wednesday (Nov. 6) said he will still maintain ownership of the affiliated Vision Forum Inc., a for-profit company.
• Evangelicals Stand By Doug Birdsall after Dismissal from American Bible Society Thursday, November 7, 2013
  A group of leading evangelicals is expressing concern over the recent dismissal of the American Bible Society’s new president after just six months on the job.
• Woman Sues InterVarsity Over Firing After Her Divorce Thursday, October 17, 2013
  A Michigan woman has filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit against InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, saying she was fired because of her divorce even as two male colleagues kept their jobs as they...
• Billy Graham's Grandson: Evangelicals 'Worse' Than Catholics on Sex Abuse Tuesday, October 1, 2013
  The Christian mission field is a "magnet" for sexual abusers, Boz Tchividjian, a Liberty University law professor who investigates abuse, said Thursday to a room of journalists.
• U.S. Asks Supreme Court to Review Hobby Lobby's Birth Control Mandate Challenge Monday, September 23, 2013
  Federal officials have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the government mandate that private companies offer employees birth control coverage despite the business owner's moral objections,...
• Christians in Middle East: U.S. Attack on Syria Would Be Detrimental Thursday, September 5, 2013
  As the Obama administration considers a strike in response to recent chemical attacks, the head of a global evangelical group said Wednesday that Christians in the Middle East oppose military...