It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...
Baptist preacher and U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock said he is often stumped by evangelical Christians who claim to love Christ but blame the poor for being poor. “I do not understand how it is that people who claim to be…
Contrast this: “America’s doors are closed fully to asylum seekers.” — White House aide Stephen Miller, describing the current U.S. policy toward certain immigrants “I was a stranger and you took me in.” — Jesus of Nazareth, describing the terms…
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey hit theaters last week in a big way, raking in $264.1 million globally and becoming Nolan’s biggest debut weekend ever. The long-anticipated film features a star-studded cast with Matt Damon leading the charge…
“Today, I can finally say the words I’ve been fighting to say for years: Provo Canyon School is officially shut down,” said Paris Hilton last Friday in response to a decision to revoke the institution’s residential treatment license. The private…
Employees already suing U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins over religious freedom violations have urged a judge to stop her continued proselytizing through agency-wide emails as litigation continues. The plaintiffs in National Federation of Federal Employees v. USDA filed…
As the empirical evidence for the threat white Christian nationalism presents to pluralistic democracy has mounted over the past decade, various insider defenders of conservative white Christianity — and even some mainstream white Christian theologians — have alleged the term…
A July 21 emergency ruling by a federal court saved thousands of lawfully present immigrants from losing work authorization and asylum seekers from the automatic rejection of their cases. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was scheduled to eliminate the benefits…
A coalition of Texas religious groups is demanding major reforms to how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carries out its mass deportation operations. Dozens of faith leaders from across the state gathered for a July 22 news conference to call…
A common criticism I get here at BNG and that some of my progressive clergy friends get in their congregations is this: “Why do you have to keep talking about Donald Trump and Christian nationalism all the time? Could you…
There are nearly 20,000 small towns across the United States, home to roughly 46 million people. I grew up in one of them. Sunnyside, Wash., was a farming town of about 11,000 people when my family arrived from Wilmington, Calif., in…
AI Appreciation Day is coming. Churches will get their share of attention. Much of it will follow a familiar script. AI-powered translation is entering American ministry. Congregations use it to offer live translations of worship services in multiple languages, without…
It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both…
