Evangelicals

Tebow Won't Attend Controversial Megachurch Opening

Scott Neuman — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:13:00 +0000

Tim Tebow has bowed out of a promise to appear at the opening of a new megachurch in downtown Dallas whose pastor has been criticized for making derogatory remarks about non-Christians and homosexuals.

The New York Jets quarterback, who has become a favorite of many evangelical Christians for his prominent displays of faith on the field, issued a series of tweets on Thursday, saying he had been "looking forward to sharing a message of hope and Christ's unconditional love" at the April 28 opening of the new $115 million First Baptist Church in Dallas

Teenager's Faith At Odds With Locator Tags In School IDs

Wade Goodwyn — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:37:00 +0000

A federal court in Texas on Monday will take up the case of a high-school student who refuses to wear her location-tracking school ID.

The 15-year-old sophomore says the ID badge, which has an embedded radio frequency identification tag, is a violation of her rights.

Evangelical Leader Suggests It's Time To Collaborate

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:04:00 +0000

The election has also triggered some soul searching among evangelical Christian voters. Now, one of the movement's top leaders says it's time to stop the war rhetoric and start reaching out for compromise. Host Rachel Martin talks with Jim Daly, the president and CEO of Focus on the Family, about the post-election direction of the conservative evangelical movement.

For Religious Conservatives, Election Was A 'Disaster'

Barbara Bradley Hagerty — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:37:00 +0000

Many religious conservatives thought this might be the year of an evangelical comeback, when voters would throw President Obama out because of his support of same-sex marriage and abortion, and his health plan's birth control mandate. It didn't work out that way.

"I think this was an evangelical disaster," says Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

Mohler says white evangelicals moved in lockstep: Seventy-nine percent voted for Republican Mitt Romney, the same percentage as voted for President George W. Bush in 2004.

The Most Influential Evangelist You've Never Heard Of

Barbara Bradley Hagerty — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:06:00 +0000

David Barton says Americans have been misled about their history. And he aims to change that.

"It's what I would call historical reclamation," Barton explains, in his soft but rapid-fire voice. "We're just trying to get history back to where it's accurate. If you're going to use history, get it right."

Barton has collected 100,000 documents from before 1812 — original or certified copies of letters, sermons, newspaper articles and official documents of the Founding Fathers.