After more than two decades teaching at Liberty University, Karen Swallow Prior will join the faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary as full-time research professor of English and Christianity & Culture beginning fall semester of 2020. She will be the…
Female evangelical leaders have a hidden predecessor to thank
Kathryn Kuhlman’s story offers a case study of the indisputable achievements of strong evangelical women and the equally indisputable roadblocks they often face.
Black Baptist church shaped Cummings’ commitment
Cummings, the son of a sharecropper and pastors who died last Thursday at 68, was among a generation of lawmakers, civil rights leaders and social justice advocates who grew up under the influence of the African American church.
What is democratic socialism, and where is it headed?
A new generation of American voters, one that does not remember the Cold War but is steeped in the severe inequalities of neoliberal capitalism, has brushed aside the assumption that democratic socialism is impossibly un-American.
Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton step in to help save church organ
Veteran rockers Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton have stepped in to help a local church’s £650,000 organ appeal.
Baptist congregation, police, first responders gather for ‘Justice On Both Sides’ service
Five years in, the annual “Justice On Both Sides” prayer service at Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church continues to reflect on those who have suffered from everyday violence, as well as those in law enforcement who confront it daily.
Former President Jimmy Carter fractures pelvis in fall at home
Former President Jimmy Carter fell Monday at his home in Plains and suffered a “minor pelvic fracture,” The Carter Center tweeted Tuesday morning.
Princeton Theological Seminary approves reparations
To finance the reparations into perpetuity, Princeton Theological Seminary has set aside 27.6 million dollars of its endowment. In total, the Seminary supports an endowment of approximately one billion dollars.
Teaching Democrats to speak Evangelical
Pastor Doug Pagitt, who last year launched the “Vote Common Good” organization to make the religious left more visible, wants candidates to take religiously motivated voters more seriously.
Accusing SBC of ‘caving,’ John MacArthur says of Beth Moore: ‘Go home’
Evangelical pastor John MacArthur, speaking at a celebration of his 50th year in pulpit ministry, weighed in on an ongoing debate in the Southern Baptist Convention over women preachers, claiming the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost faith in authority…
Clergyman accused of sexual misconduct, abuse
Four women have brought formal accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse against a United Methodist clergyman who is prominent in interfaith work.
National Association of Evangelicals’ new president hopes to bring together a movement in crisis
Walter Kim, PCA pastor and former Park Street Church minister, becomes the first leader of color at the helm of the 77-year-old organization.











