Julie Roys | Reporting the Truth. Restoring the Church.

A woman whose story led to the resignation of the president at a prominent Southern Baptist–affiliated university testified Monday at the Georgia State Capitol to urge passage of a bill to protect survivors.
“For me, this issue, it hits really hard,” said Hayle Swinson, a graduate of Truett McConnell University (TMU), a top-ranked SBC-affiliated school in North Georgia. “I’m a survivor of sexual abuse here in Georgia at a university. In my case, leaders...

A video posted Feb. 5 on President Donald Trump’s Truth Social account, which included a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, has drawn mixed reaction from prominent evangelicals.
The video showed the heads of the Obamas superimposed on the bodies of apes. Set to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” it was at the end of a 62-second clip alleging voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election....

Multnomah University was facing the end of its days.
“We have cried, prayed, and walked a difficult path together as a community,” the Christian school’s president, Jessica Taylor, said in a 2023 video. “Without God’s provision, there was no path forward.”...

Two sisters have sued several United Methodist Church entities in Ohio, claiming church leaders enabled former music director to sexually abuse them for years.
The 26-page complaint, filed Jan. 29, alleges the church defendants failed to stop or report sexual abuse of sisters “Jane Doe” and “Mary Doe.” The sisters say they were assaulted hundreds of times beginning as young teens at United Methodist churches...