After ICE stakes out a church homeless shelter, charities worry immigrants will fear getting help
Lent is the season when ‘Moonlight’ upstages ‘La La Land’
Lent is the liturgical season where confusion rises to the surface, and we — especially people of privilege — are asked to enter the wilderness from which God, apparently, has absconded.
A heartfelt look at how evangelical gays are finding their place
Evangelicalism is not fundamentalism. It is a form of conservative Christianity determined to engage culture rather than escape it. And the influence goes in both directions.
How the FBI is hobbled by religious illiteracy
The Bureau has long defended “Judeo-Christianity.” Minority groups have not fared as well.
Half of Hispanic Christians worry about deportation under Trump
Latino Protestants most likely to rate Trump a ‘terrible’ president, Pew finds.
Truett Seminary scholarships scrapped in Texas convention’s removal of church
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.











