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Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy discusses what led him to write “Dancing with Metaphors in the Pulpit” covering lessons preachers can learn from novelists, poets, philosophers, and rhetoricians.

(RNS) — The African Methodist Episcopal Church, gathered in Columbus, Ohio, for its quadrennial meeting, consecrated six new bishops on Wednesday (Aug. 28) and voted to continue its ban on same-sex marriage while a committee considers ways to guide the denomination concerning sexual ethics.

(RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris has hired the Rev. Jen Butler, a Presbyterian minister and well-known liberal religious advocate, as the new head of faith outreach for the Harris-Walz campaign, charging the experienced activist with overseeing efforts to court a range of religious voters.

Surf Church was established by an ordained Baptist pastor to spread the Gospel in a once-devoutly Catholic country where about half of young people today say they have no religion.

The pastor of the leading evangelical church in Cairo, Egypt, issued an unprecedented prophetic call for freedom, equality, and justice — but insisted his Church doesn’t interfere with how and with who will bring that about.

This year has been called “the year of democracy.” People in more than 65 countries — and comprising more than half of the world’s population — will head to the polls at some point in 2024 to vote for their leaders. Of course, just because a country is holding an election doesn’t mean it’s actually a democracy. Like in Russia, where authoritarian ruler Vladimir Putin “won” 88% of the vote in his reelection bid after changing the constitution to make himself eligible for another term and barring some candidates from running (like dissident Alexei Navalny, who then died in prison).

BALTIMORE (RNS) — As the annual session of the National Baptist Convention, USA, the historically Black denomination, opened on Tuesday (Sept. 3), the biggest question that loomed is how the meeting will end:

This issue of A Public Witness opens up the Bible to debunk hidden partisan codes popping up in social media posts and sermons.

BALTIMORE (RNS) — The Rev. Jerry Young, the two-term president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, preached his final annual address as leader of the historically Black denomination as members attending the NBCUSA annual session prepared to vote in what promises to be a fraught election.

After a crackdown on unapproved churches, Christian leaders say the government's move encroaches on religious freedom and applies regulations unequally.