Pews were replaced with 26 handcrafted chairs that marked where worshippers were slain.
Who decides when we as a country pray and when we act?
The dichotomy between prayers and action portrayed by our leaders is a false one. It reveals a narrow view of prayer on the one hand and a shortsighted understanding of action on the other.
Baptists butting heads over woman pastor has familiar ring in Memphis, Tenn.
An East Tennessee church’s rebuff from the state’s Southern Baptist leadership for hiring a woman pastor resonates in Memphis, where Nancy Hastings Sehested’s leadership of Prescott Memorial Baptist Church in the 1980s caused similar turmoil.
Alabama state official defends Roy Moore, citing Joseph and Mary: ‘They became parents of Jesus’
“Bringing Joseph and Mary into a modern-day molestation accusation, where a 32-year-old prosecutor is accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl, is simultaneously ridiculous and blasphemous,” said Wheaton College professor Ed Stetzer.
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Cultural diversity is part of the great redemptive purpose of God
Given the current mood in the country and the moral and ethical dilemmas the nation faces, how is the church to respond? Baptist pastor Wendell Griffen offers leadership on how to deal with the challenges and opportunities of being people of prophetic hope in a divisive time.
Mother Emanuel AME pastor shows solidarity with Sutherland Springs
In the wake of the shooting massacre at a Texas church, the Rev. Eric S.C. Manning has visited members of his own congregation — Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church — to see how they are coping with rekindled memories…
Texas church to be demolished, like other mass killing sites before it
One thing is already clear in this tiny Texas town of 600 a couple days after one of the worst mass shootings at an American church: First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs will be razed.
Packing in the pews: The connection between God and guns
Ministry leaders are more likely than evangelicals overall to favor more gun control, research suggests.
Texas law requires unborn child of shooting victim be counted
This and other laws that grant full rights to the unborn form some of the newest terrain in U.S. law and are highly controversial, frequently dividing abortion rights and anti-abortion activists.