Religion

The Christian & Missionary Alliance Foundation, Inc. of Fort Myers., which founded the Shell Point Retirement Community in Lee County in 1968 as a nonprofit ministry, has agreed to pay the United States $250,000 to resolve allegations that the Foundation violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by failing to maintain records required by the CSA.

The break echoes similar splits among mainstream Protestant denominations.

It’s becoming increasingly common for conservative political leaders in the United States — including here in Florida — to use language and put forward policies that conflate American identity with religious identity. Many are focusing on issues like abortion, same-sex marriage, and trans rights — and critics say this trend represents a rise in what’s called Christian Nationalism. Christian Nationalism is best summarized as the belief that the history and character of the United States is defined by Christianity, and that the government should take active steps to keep it that way. Our guest counts himself among its critics, and says that while supporters of Christian Nationalism portray it as a social movement, it’s actually a well-organized political movement that seeks to gain political power and to impose its vision on all of society. Rev. Paul Raushenbush is an ordained Baptist minister, and he is President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance, a national nonprofit founded in 1994 to advocate for religious freedom and pluralism in the U.S.

A group of about 50 people who had been attending a Christian conference in Fort Myers came to the FGCU campus to share their religious fervor but ran up against a decidedly uninterested audience of students.

There always has been a complicated relationship between religion and queerness. Churches like St. John the Apostle are making a concerted effort to bring LGBTQ+ people back into the fold.

It stems from the FHSAA's decision to Cambridge Christian School of Tampa from offering a prayer before a football championship game at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.

Cambridge Christian School is involved in a federal lawsuit after being denied use of a public address system before a 2016 high school football title game.

Some Catholics across Tampa Bay will soon be able to attend public Masses again. Just not on Sundays.

The pastor of a Tampa church who hosted two large Sunday services, even busing people in, has been arrested after the Hillsborough County Sheriff's...

A bill in the Florida legislature would make Bible classes mandatory electives in public high schools. The original bill filed in the House during the...