Winning souls for Christ. Taking back America for God. Standing in the Gap. Anyone who has spent time among white evangelical Christians has heard some of those phrases. The evangelical subculture is ...

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From left, Pastor Jamie Ulrich and Bishop Suzanne Darcy Dillahunt of the Southern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Ulrich is the new pastor at St. Luke’s Evangelical Church in ...

I had some rough Christmases as a kid. But when my family moved back in with my grandparents there was one Christmas that seemed magical. I was in the third grade at the time, and I got to have that ...

NPR correspondent Sarah McCammon tells her own story of growing up in — and leaving — the white evangelical Christian church, along with those of others like her, in her book, “The Exvangelicals.” A ...

An epidemic of sexual abuse involving evangelical church leaders is hurting victims across the country. Even worse, churches far too often have covered up the abuse. While the evangelical church is ...

“Before I turn to the Word,” the preacher announces, “I’m gonna do another diatribe.” “Go on!” one man yells. “Amen!” shouts a woman several pews in front of me. Between 40 minutes of praise music and ...

NPR political correspondent Sarah McCammon grew up in Kansas City, Mo., in the 1980s and '90s in an evangelical Christian community that taught her to fear God and never question her faith. She was ...

The author reveals a Philadelphia church's story and faith's evolving role. Journalist Eliza Griswold turned a chance encounter on the streets of Philadelphia into an exploration of a progressive ...