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Jesus Frees Men and Women to Ask ‘How Can I Serve?’ Not ‘Who’s in Charge?’
Jesus’ own disciples frequently missed what he was doing. James and John wanted preeminent posts in his kingdom, advocating for places of power, prestige, and authority. Jesus responded by essentially telling them they were missing the point. His kingdom didn’t…
If the Family Research Council is a ‘church’ I’m a #taxthechurches supporter
Like other authoritarians, right-wing Christians often prefer to minimize transparency in order to avoid accountability. Those who have considerable power within the social hierarchies prescribed by conservative Christianity can often evade accountability on a variety of fronts.
Canada says pope’s apology to Indigenous not enough
The Canadian government made clear Wednesday that Pope Francis’ apology to Indigenous peoples for abuses in the country’s church-run residential schools didn’t go far enough, suggesting that reconciliation over the fraught history is still very much a work in progress.
BGCT executive director search committee named
Officers of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and its Executive Board named a search committee to recommend Texas Baptists’ next executive director.
Pope in headdress stirs deep emotions in Indian Country
It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers fastened in place by a colorful, beaded headband after he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s “disastrous” residential school system for…
The Religious and Anti-Chinese Roots of “Replacement” Theory
The “Great Replacement” theory didn’t just emerge in Buffalo, El Paso, Pittsburgh, Charleston, or any of the other racist mass murders of the 21st century.
Disgraced pastor Ted Haggard faces new allegations
Former Colorado megachurch pastor Ted Haggard, who fell from grace in 2006 after a gay sex-and-drug scandal, is now facing some of the same allegations at another church.
‘A moral imperative’: how southern ministers are trying to change minds about the climate crisis
Robin Blakeman, an eighth-generation West Virginian, has been a practicing minister since 2004. This May, the city where she lives flooded for the second time in nine months. Several inches of rain left roads in disarray, with cars washed out…
Tribal leaders, members react to pope’s apology on schools
Pope Francis’ apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the abuses that took place within it was a full-throated denunciation of a decadeslong policy of forced assimilation that aimed to strip Indigenous children of their culture…
Unprecedented anti-LGBTQ statement by Orthodox Church in America should be Christian nationalist warning sign to us Orthodoxy
Late last week, the Orthodox Church in America, the second largest Orthodox church body in the country, issued an unprecedented statement seeking to silence any discussion about same-sex relationships and the sacramental inclusion of LGBTQ people in the life of the Orthodox Church.
This Catholic Nun Rejects The Pro-Choice/Pro-Life Binary
Catholic nun and medical doctor Teresa Forcades says women should make their own abortion decisions.