Once again, an anti-abortion Republican lawmaker argued against access to the procedure by comparing pregnant women to breeding livestock.
Report on sex abuse in Germany’s Protestant Church documents at least 2,225 victims
At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and at least 2,225 victims were affected by the abuse according to an independent report published Thursday.
Pope Francis’ synod made few waves, but organizers say it’s already changing the church
The Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis’ worldwide consultation of Catholics asking them how they would change the church, failed to yield the tangible results that many reformers had hoped for.
Has The Pro-Life Movement Lost Its Way?
Jan. 19 was the annual March for Life in Washington. The event has me reflecting both on my own career in journalism and on the pro-life movement.
Little Rock church named church of the year for innovative creation care
Second Presbyterian Church of Little Rock, Ark., has been named “C3 Church of the Year” for 2023 by the Christians Caring for Creation board of directors. Caring for creation has been a longtime emphasis at Second Presbyterian, going back to…
Could social media really have stopped the Holocaust? Scholars say Elon Musk’s ‘fantasy scenario’ is far-fetched.
Gavriel Rosenfeld, president of the Center for Jewish History in New York City, specializes in Nazi Germany and counterfactual history — or the study of what might have happened, but didn’t.
Greek bill on marriage for LGBTQ couples tests Orthodox Church’s historic influence
At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Greek President Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry will be approved by the parliament in Athens by the middle of February.
Iranians Gain 12 New Ways to Read the Bible
Home to the world’s fastest-growing church, with up to an estimated 1 million Christians, Iran has many underground fellowships that had previously worshiped in the Farsi language. But according to a 1991 survey of new mothers in Iran, only 46 percent reported Farsi as…
Teaching children religious truth is not indoctrination
Parents have no choice about whether to influence their child’s moral and spiritual development. What they can choose is how they wield that influence, and to what end.
BWIM transitions annual awards to scholarship program
An awards program to recognize outstanding Baptist women in ministry will transition this year to provide scholarships to female seminarians. The annual Addie Davis Awards given out by Baptist Women in Ministry for 25 years will become the Addie Davis…
T.B. Maston’s final book published online
Thirty-six years after his death, the final book written by Baptist ethicist T.B. Maston is being published by The T.B. Maston Foundation. Maston taught Christian ethics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, more than 40 years. He…
New member of Mormon church leadership says it must do better to help sex abuse victims heal
The newest member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ top governing body said every faith — including his — must do more to protect victims of sexual abuse and help facilitate a healing process.










