On the surface, I am a purity-culture success story: I am a heterosexual woman, a virgin until marriage, now with two small children and a husband I deeply love. And yet, for me, the legacy of purity culture is not…
Tim LaHaye, evangelical legend behind ‘Left Behind’ series, dies at 90
LaHaye was a prominent Christian leader and successful megachurch pastor but best-known for “Left Behind,” the wildly popular series of novels imagining Jesus’ return to Earth in the modern era.
Evangelicals, quit complaining and follow Jesus’ lead
It’s past time for evangelicals to unshackle ourselves from cultural privilege and to live out the central message of our Savior.
How Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s VP, defies the religious stereotype
Kaine’s old-school, social-justice, Jesuit-trained Catholicism is a refreshing break from the usual association of religiosity with conservatism.
‘Jesus feminists’ see Hillary Clinton as a role model. They just won’t vote for her.
A more visible segment of young evangelical women now believe that women’s leadership and equal representation — longtime concerns of the feminist movement — are important for society.
Clearing the remaining obstacles for Americans with disabilities is a moral obligation
As we approach the ADA’s 26th anniversary, Americans with disabilities continue to face unemployment and poverty rates twice the national average and discrimination in many areas including employment, transportation and education.
Pro-Trump pastor whitewashes history of pastors during Jim Crow — including the history of his church
Whatever role pastors and other clergy had during the fight against slavery and Jim Crow, there is a specific history that pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas is ignoring.
At nearby gas station, congregation offers hospitality
AUDIO STORY | Smoke Rise Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, Ga., lent support and hospitality to their new neighbor, Malik Waliyani, whose nearby BP gas station had been robbed and ransacked just a few days earlier.
Faith and hope
Texas is home to the largest Muslim population in the U.S. But for a new generation of leaders the challenge is to make sure their community feels welcome in their own backyard.