Two Truett Seminary students will lose much of their scholarship money in the wake of the Baptist General Convention of Texas removing a church because of its position on LGBTQ issues.
Hidden figures: How black women preachers spoke truth to power
The deciding factor for women desiring to pastor and be accorded respect equal to their male counterparts generally whittles down to one question: Can she preach?
How smartphones and social media are changing Christianity
The rise of apps and social media is changing the way many of the world’s two billion Christians worship — and even what it means to be religious.
Wash. Supreme Court: LGBT discrimination no more about flowers than civil rights were about sandwiches
Last Thursday, the Washington Supreme Court issued a significant and unanimous decision in the ongoing dispute over whether antidiscrimination law must yield to the religious beliefs of business owners opposed to marriage equality.
Vancouver mayor asks Christian event to drop contentious pastor
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson has asked the organizers of a coming Christian festival to consider dropping headline speaker Rev. Franklin Graham, an evangelical pastor who has made controversial statements about Muslims, people of colour, and gays and lesbians.
Milo Yiannopoulos and the Church of Winning
By excusing Donald Trump’s behavior, some evangelical leaders enabled the internet provocateur’s ascent.
What is it like to be a Muslim at a Baptist university?
Lama Zakzok, a 20-year-old anthropology major at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, says when people learn she’s Muslim, the conversation can go one of two ways.
How pastors perceive domestic violence differently
Most pastors want their churches to be a safe haven, but don’t have a plan to get there.
Here are the churches fighting back against Trump’s immigration crackdown
Jeanette Vizguerra may be one of the first undocumented immigrants to seek this kind of refuge since Donald Trump’s election but, for months, churches have been preparing for exactly this possibility.
Don’t dismiss President Trump’s attacks on the media as mere stupidity
Some of you may have noticed that we’re living through a period in which the executive branch of government is engaged in a systematic effort to create a climate of opinion against the news business.
Challenging the narrative: How race complicates the latest LifeWay debate
Black Southern Baptists weigh in on the issues around removing Sho Baraka’s album.
Survey: 76% of ‘White Evangelical Protestants’ agree with the President’s refugee ban
Most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s executive order to temporarily stop refugees from entering the U.S. There’s a huge difference, though, when it comes to Christians, especially those who self-identify as evangelical.










