Jeff Brumley

There are times when serving the poor and hungry must go beyond volunteering in food pantries or soup kitchens, and the 2024 election season is one of those times, said Heather Taylor, managing director of Bread for the World. “We have to remember Matthew 25 and Jesus feeding thousands with a few loaves of bread,”...

Religious oppression has skyrocketed worldwide since 2020, when 80 million people were forcibly displaced and 260 million Christians faced some form of violence, according to a new report by World Relief and Open Doors US.

A federal judge said he will decide by Nov. 15 whether to temporarily block a Louisiana law requiring classroom displays of the Ten Commandments beginning Jan. 1.

An interfaith voter-protection group will station chaplains at polling sites in 10 battleground states to discourage violence and voter suppression efforts during early voting periods and on Election Day. Faiths United to Save Democracy said it trained 1,400 ordained poll chaplains and lay peacekeepers to help keep the peace at “high-priority” polling locations in Alabama,...

Interfaith Alliance launched a cross-country bus tour Oct. 28 to remind Americans voting is a civic and holy undertaking. “I'm kicking off this moment to declare that the vote is sacred, and not just for some people in this country, but for everyone in this country,” President Paul Raushenbush said to begin the “The Vote...

A federal judge took Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to school on the First Amendment in siding with a nonprofit organization's right to air a TV ad promoting an abortion rights measure on the Nov. 5 ballot.

The problem with white evangelicals isn't their close affiliation with the Republican Party but the homogeneity of their political thinking and culture, sociologist of religion Ryan Burge said during a conference hosted by Denver Seminary.

Faith-based activists must continue the fight for voter rights if religious freedom and a pluralistic democracy are to survive the 2024 election and thrive beyond it, said Adam Phillips, chief strategy officer for Interfaith America.

Americans must resist the impulse to stay quiet in the face of Donald Trump's election promises to seek revenge against political opponents, dismantle civil rights and limit religious freedoms to Christian nationalists, Kristin Du Mez said.

Religion will no doubt continue to play a major role in American society after the 2024 election, but whether that role will be one of oppression or liberation remains to be seen, Interfaith Alliance President Paul Raushenbush said.