Ministers took one to the chin this month when Gallup released a poll placing them in the middle of the pack of professions trusted by the public. The polling organization asked Americans who they consider to be the most honest…
Religion Notes: Baptist’s interfaith work led to climate-change talk with Al Gore
A Christian theologian and interfaith advocate said his Baptist faith has been deepened by a decade of service with the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Robert Sellers, professor of theology and missions emeritus at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary in Abilene,…
Beware that Santa doesn’t bring dismay, and bad theology, on Christmas
Keeping children in the dark about Santa, and using the Christmas figure to coerce good behavior from them, can be spiritually and emotionally damaging to youth, says Cassandra Carkuff Williams. It’s a message that hasn’t been all too popular over…
Baptist pastor didn’t need leadership OK to help California wildfire victims
The Camp Fire in Northern California killed nearly 90 people and who knows how many animals, charred 153,000 acres and destroyed more than 13,000 structures in early November. The aftermath – thousands left homeless in an already saturated housing market,…
Pack a constitution with that Bible for overseas mission trips, expert says
A huge challenge facing faith-based groups operating overseas is ignorance about the laws governing religion in other countries. It can get people into a lot of trouble, said Eron Henry, a Jamaian-born American and former communications executive with the Baptist…
Religion Notes: Church giving on rise despite drops in attendance
-Nurturing young children, teens
-Ministry to the military
Churches overcome attitudes, and sometimes the law, to go solar
A national group that helps religious groups embrace solar power is seeing increased interest due in part to federal policies detrimental to the environment.
Increasing rejection of church ‘a good thing,’ Brian McLaren says
The author, theologian and activist says one way Christians must change is in the way they change.
Religion Notes: Baptist group offers tools to serve the migrant caravan
– BWA hires communications director
– Advent devotional series launched
These grandmother gun-violence activists mean business
The founders of Grandmothers Against Violence are sick and tired of mass shootings and the easy availability of assault weapons – and they are doing something about it.
Hurricane season has ended (yay) but the poor aren’t cheering
The 2018 hurricane season, which officially ends today, unleashed yet another barrage of terrifying and destructive weather that left huge swaths of the nation soaked, flattened – or both. And as usual, it is those with the fewest resources who have been left with the biggest obstacles to overcome.
Baptist theologian embarking on new mission field – interfaith work
Loving your neighbor as yourself is not just about loving your Christian neighbor as yourself, says Robert Sellers, outgoing chairman of the Parliament of the World’s Religions.