Bob Smietana
Bob Smietana is an award-winning religion reporter and editor who has spent two decades producing breaking news, data journalism, investigative reporting, profiles and features for magazines, newspapers, trade publications and websites.
Most notably, he has served as a senior writer for Facts & Trends, senior editor of Christianity Today, religion writer at The Tennessean, correspondent for RNS and contributor to OnFaith, USA Today and The Washington Post.
Christian News
Want To Succeed as a Leader? Ask for Help, Says Joni Eareckson Tada
Good leaders are often told to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses. That has never really worked for disability activist and nonprofit leader Joni Eareckson Tada.
Christian News
Want To Write a Hit Worship Song? Invite a Few Friends to Church.
When the CCLI Top 100 chart first appeared in 1988, most of the songs had one writer. Today, the average hit worship song has at least two writers.
Christian News
The Meeting House, Once One of Canada’s Largest Churches, Shuts Down After Scandal
Leaders of The Meeting House, a Toronto area megachurch with multiple locations and once one of the largest congregations in Canada, has shut down its public ministry, becoming a consortium of smaller congregations.
Christian News
Some Nonprofit Newspapers Endorse Candidates. So Why Can’t Churches, New Lawsuit Asks.
The federal lawsuit, filed by the National Religious Broadcasters, is the latest challenge to the so-called Johnson Amendment, which bars charitable nonprofits from taking sides in campaigns.
Christian News
How Much Does Forgiveness Cost? $7 Million for One Christian College.
A dispute with the federal government over how to count employees, mixed with some bad timing, could cost Gordon College, a small evangelical Christian college in Boston, more than $7 million.
Christian News
Parallel to DNC, a Chicago Interfaith Vigil Mourns the Loss of Life in Gaza
On Tuesday, about 100 people from different faiths gathered in Chicago to remember those killed in Gaza over the past 10 months in a vigil hosted by the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization.
Christian News
Why Catholic Bishops Rocked out to Megachurch Worship Hits
In mid-July, Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, was transformed into a place of worship as more than 50,000 Catholics gathered for the National Eucharistic Congress.
Christian News
Would Jesus Park in a Bike Lane? For Philadelphia Churches, It’s a Real Question
A dispute over weekend parking in bike lanes has left a group of inner-city congregations in Philadelphia dealing with a tricky urban dilemma.
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