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SBC resolution challenges Christians who self-identify as gay

The Southern Baptist Convention is now on record discouraging use of the term “gay Christian” to describe believers who experience same-sex attraction but choose celibacy because they believe the Bible permits sex only between a man and woman in the context of marriage.

CBF to vote on deficit spending plan

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will vote next week on a deficit budget for 2020 fiscal year, CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley announced in a blog June 12.

‘Winter’ spirituality: faith sung in a different key

Christians with a “winter spirituality” may wonder if they really do believe because the mountaintop is never a part of their faith journeys. Yet, as Martin Marty argues, their faith is just as real and valid as any other, just sung in a different key.

Pastor, KCSO deputy who called for execution of LGBT persons ‘no longer on active duty’

The Knox County District Attorney’s Office says it is “reviewing all pending cases” involving a Knox County Sheriff’s deputy who made anti-LGBT sermons “to scrutinize them for any potential bias.”

Southern Baptist historic gavel a reminder of racist legacy

It turns out that gavel, the so-called 1872 Broadus gavel, has a questionable history — especially in a church body that has sought racial reconciliation within its ranks.

Secularism is on the rise, but Americans are still finding community and purpose in spirituality

Twenty-four percent of Americans don’t affiliate with any religion, according to a 2016 Public Religion Research Institute survey, which is up 8 percentage points in the past five years.

SBC president calls on churches to unite against sexual abuse

Elected by acclamation to a second one-year term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, North Carolina pastor J.D. Greear pledged June 12 to continue efforts to curtail sexual abuse in the nation’s second largest faith group behind Roman Catholics.

Kyle Lake and Rachel Held Evans: alike in many ways and testimonies to hope

A high school graduation party for the daughter of a beloved friend who died 14 years ago evoked memories, sorrow, laughter and hope. But deep in the throes of sadness for those we lose, like Kyle Lake and Rachel Held Evans, is the reality of God’s stubborn insistence that life always follows death.

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CBF to vote on deficit spending plan

‘Winter’ spirituality: faith sung in a different key

SBC president calls on churches to unite against sexual abuse

Kyle Lake and Rachel Held Evans: alike in many ways and testimonies to hope