Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

ATLANTA (AP) — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflected Carter’s ...

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The Tennessee Titans have achieved true betting infamy this NFL season. At 2-14 against the spread, the Titans currently have the worst against the spread record of any team in the Super Bowl era ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Jimmy Carter, a long-time member of the Baptist Church, came to understand the deep divide of race ...

FILE - Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter shakes hands with church-goers outside the Plains Baptist Church, in Plains, Ga., on July 18, 1976. (AP Photo/Peter Bregg, File) ...

But he had exposure to Black evangelical traditions by occasionally visiting St. Mark AME Church, the congregation of the tenant farming families that worked his father’s land. “I could see ...

Raised as an evangelical Baptist ... that women should play an absolutely equal role in service of Christ in the church,” he wrote. The Rev. James Merritt, then president of the SBC, responded ...

FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday School class at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown on Aug. 23, 2015, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) David Goldman Facebook ...

Before joining Raw Story, Brad Reed spent eight years writing about technology at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet ...

The church was founded by Rick Warren, author of the best-selling book “The Purpose Driven Life.” Many evangelical churches cite scriptures such as 1 Timothy 2:12 (“I do not permit a woman ...