I can hold this paradox without question: I never would choose cancer, but I wouldn’t trade this experience. The richness of God’s infusion into our lives more than compensated for the agony.
A Cuban pastor’s response to President Trump’s Cuba policies
Religious partnerships have made meaningful contributions to the defeat of prejudices and hostility in Cuba. The recent actions of the Trump administration won’t deter these relationships, nor will they reduce their cooperative work.
Why cash remains sacred in American churches
It was important for churches to have something to put into the collection plate, and it was important that it be cash that people actually possessed — not a promise to pay someday on their credit card accounts.
Illinois Catholic bishop decrees no Holy Communion, funerals for same-sex couples
The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Ill., is calling on priests there to deny Holy Communion and funeral rites to people in same-sex unions unless they show “some signs of repentance” for their relationships before death.
Baptists, of all people, should embrace creation care, activists say
With their emphasis on water in baptism, Baptists, like other Christians, have the language and ancient practices that are helpful in bringing people into a more meaningful relationship with the elements that give life.
Sarah Frances Anders, CBF leader and advocate for women in ministry, dies after battle with Alzheimer’s
Word has been received of the recent death of Sarah Frances Anders, a trailblazer for Southern Baptist women in ministry and past moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Anders, a longtime sociology professor at Louisiana College, died June 8 at…
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Tickets still available for the Friends of BNG dinner in Atlanta
This year’s Friends of BNG Dinner during the CBF General Assembly will feature a creative approach to the faith-based news organization’s emphasis on hosting “Conversations that Matter.” The program for the June 29 event, which begins at 5:30 p.m., at…
Transitions for the week of 06.23.17
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Jim Ailor, to Rhoadesville (Va.) Baptist Church, as interim preacher. Kevin Allen, to First Baptist Church, Stephenville, Texas,…
Montreal Catholic Church will fingerprint all priests working with children
The new rule is part of a 10-step screening process first tested in a pilot project launched last year.
Did Billy Graham’s wife shape their son Franklin more than he did?
Franklin followed his father into the pulpit and succeeded him as head of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. But Franklin’s temperament and tone — more uncompromising than Billy’s in his prime and later years — are closer to his mother’s.
The Church, the pain and the opioid crisis
It begins with the pain. A 2011 study by the Institute of Medicine suggests that one in three Americans “suffer from chronic pain.” For Coloradan Melissa Morris the pain began after C-section childbirth. Her doctor prescribed Percocet, and even the…
Christian leaders call for criminal justice reform
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter joined 96 other Christian leaders supporting a campaign for criminal justice reform announced June 20. Spearheaded by Prison Fellowship, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, National Association of…
Maybe instead of solidarity, the Religious Left should try being indivisible
The religious left—again, such as it is— is committed to unity at all costs, including the cost of asking women, gays and lesbians to take a back seat to economic concerns and immigration reform. It has to this point been…
U.S. Catholic bishops committee dismayed over Trump’s new direction on Cuba
Disappointed with President Trump’s decision to reverse U.S. policy on Cuba, a committee of American Catholic bishops is calling on the president to keep ordinary Cubans in mind as he curtails trade and tourism.