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‘Zero-tolerance’ support thrusts Sessions into Methodist justice process

The political uproar over the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the southern border may have halted the Trump administration policy. There are even reports that some families have been reunited. But the theological uproar created when Attorney…

Amid #MeToo fallout, Southern Baptist males quietly leaving jobs

An official in the 2,100-church South Carolina Baptist Convention has stepped down for unspecified reasons, adding to a number of men quietly leaving Southern Baptist jobs in recent weeks. The Baptist Courier reported June 19 the resignation of Mark Aderholt,…

Consider yourself commissioned: a few thoughts on the CBF General Assembly

Moments like these fill my chest with a kind of air I don’t normally breathe, air that isn’t stale, anxious, cynical and polarized.

‘So how was the CBF meeting?’

While I bemoan the Illumination Project’s implementation plan, the General Assembly in Dallas reminded me that I – and the church I serve – still need CBF.

Competing Baptist bodies grapple with their identity in Dallas

As national media flocked to Dallas to watch the Southern Baptist Convention reckon with a generational shift in thinking about women, race and partisan politics, one light rail stop away a smaller and lesser-known group met under the radar to…

On the border: ‘Children of a lesser god’

If Christians in America cannot raise our collective voices against our government’s treatment of these “little ones,” then we’re the ones who serve a “lesser god.”

Jesus first, then creation. Otherwise, we preach another gospel

The abuse of scripture in the “law and order” defense of atrocities at the U.S. border has been roundly and rightly criticized. But, moderate and progressive Christians, let’s be honest: fundamentalists and government officials aren’t the only ones guilty of a perverted form of natural theology.

Transitions for the week of 6-22-18

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES David Emmanuel Goatley, to Duke Divinity School, Durham, N.C., as research professor of theology and black church studies…

This is a pivotal moment in American Protestantism

Today, the Methodists and Baptists are not really fighting over mere “issues.” They are fighting about whether women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ people should, on the basis of human dignity and worth, have full rights, responsibilities and respect in their church communities.

‘Zero-tolerance’ support thrusts Sessions into Methodist justice process

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On the border: ‘Children of a lesser god’

Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade, my grandmother and bad theology

Jesus first, then creation. Otherwise, we preach another gospel

Baptist leaders accuse Justice Department of twisting scripture to defend separating children from families at U.S. border

‘Zero-tolerance’ support thrusts Sessions into Methodist justice process

Amid #MeToo fallout, Southern Baptist males quietly leaving jobs

Consider yourself commissioned: a few thoughts on the CBF General Assembly

‘So how was the CBF meeting?’

Competing Baptist bodies grapple with their identity in Dallas

On the border: ‘Children of a lesser god’

Jesus first, then creation. Otherwise, we preach another gospel

Transitions for the week of 6-22-18

This is a pivotal moment in American Protestantism