Read more evangelicals stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13810/evangelicals.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:01:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73800/dem-agenda-hijacked-by-christian-conservatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US Council of Catholic Bishops is getting credit for the 11th-hour inclusion of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment in the House health bill last weekend, but the real force is the shadowy alliance of evangelicals and Democratic lawmakers called the Family, Jeff Sharlet writes on Salon. Though Stupak—a Dem and...http://www.newser.com/story/73800/dem-agenda-hijacked-by-christian-conservatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 11:59:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66605/holy-hell-churches-squeezed-by-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe hallelujahs are strained in US churches these days as donations plunge at the same time demand for aid is skyrocketing, reports the Wall Street Journal. Congregations across the nation are slashing budgets and even laying off staff, including pastors. Churches and synagogues usually weather downturns well, but not this...http://www.newser.com/story/66605/holy-hell-churches-squeezed-by-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 2:37:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66511/forget-chastity-marry-earlier-say-evangelicals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe evangelical stress on abstinence until marriage is fantastic, writes Mark Regnerus—himself devout—in Christianity Today , "but promoting it has come at a cost." Doing so has "turned our attention away from the damage that Americans are doing to the institution of marriage by discouraging it and delaying it,...http://www.newser.com/story/66511/forget-chastity-marry-earlier-say-evangelicals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 18:47:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64519/evangelical-leader-married-8-year-old-girl-ex-wife.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn emotional ex-wife of an Arkansas evangelical sect leader testified yesterday that he forced underage girls to "marry" and have sex with him, reports the Telegraph . The woman, who said she herself was forced into her marriage at the age of 15, said she began having serious doubts about her...http://www.newser.com/story/64519/evangelical-leader-married-8-year-old-girl-ex-wife.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 4:52:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64415/obamas-health-czar-brings-god-into-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrancis Collins, President Obama's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, is a pioneering biologist who led the team that mapped the human genome. He's also an evangelical Christian—a rarity among scientists, only 7% of whom say they believe in God. For Michael Gerson of the Washington Post...http://www.newser.com/story/64415/obamas-health-czar-brings-god-into-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 9:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62792/graham-ripped-synagogue-of-satan-on-nixon-tapes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBilly Graham blamed Jews from the "Synagogue of Satan" for pornography in a newly released 1973 conversation with Richard Nixon, USA Today reports. The men, in a discussion about anti-Semitism and Jewish opposition to Christian evangelical efforts, agreed that Jews needed to "behave themselves" to avoid unleashing a tide of...http://www.newser.com/story/62792/graham-ripped-synagogue-of-satan-on-nixon-tapes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 4:57:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62366/us-army-evangelism-is-it-a-crusade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS Army chaplains have distributed Arabic-language Bibles in Iraq, told soldiers to "hunt people for Jesus," and speculated that President Obama is a secret Muslim. Enough already, says a religious rights watchdog: Led by Air Force veteran Mikey Weinstein, the group is suing the Pentagon over alleged religious-based practices and...http://www.newser.com/story/62366/us-army-evangelism-is-it-a-crusade.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 20:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58721/prejean-satan-set-gay-trap-for-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMiss California has told a Christian radio program that "Satan tried to tempt me" with the gay marriage pageant question that rocketed her into controversy. "I wanted to sound politically correct" and win the Miss USA pageant, Carrie Prejean told evangelical leader James Dobson yesterday. "Then God was in my...http://www.newser.com/story/58721/prejean-satan-set-gay-trap-for-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 May 2009 4:07:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58444/us-youth-may-yet-return-to-religion-despite-the-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYoung Americans would likely become more religious if faith were disentangled from the polarizing practices of evangelical conservatives, Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post . That’s a good thing, because research for an upcoming book found that religious Americans give more time and money—to secular and religious causes alike....http://www.newser.com/story/58444/us-youth-may-yet-return-to-religion-despite-the-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 13:45:38 CDT