Mr. Carter said his spiritual rebirth was an “evolutionary thing” rather than “a flash of light or a sudden vision of God ...

Devoutness wasn't always an important feature in a presidential candidate. That all changed after Carter professed his “born ...

Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th U.S. president, will be ...

Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral was held this January 9 at Washington National Cathedral, a fitting place for the ...

Carter was one of the most explicitly religious presidents, but his rise in politics came during a transformative era in American Christianity.

The Carter family, including the former president’s four children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, are ...

Jimmy Carter referenced Jesus in an interview with ... That, plus his unabashed embrace of the label, “born-again Christian,” helped him win primary elections in states with large evangelical ...

Carter declared that he was no longer a Southern Baptist and threw his support behind a competing movement of moderates.

Carter talked openly and often in the 1976 campaign about his evangelical “born again” faith, ignoring those who advised him to downplay his beliefs.

Carter was widely known as a man of faith, with his post-presidency defined by images of the Baptist Sunday School teacher building homes for low-income people.