Kate Campbell has done something few Baptists have done. She has sung for the Southern Baptist Convention, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the Baptist World Alliance. Campbell, whose style is a Folk/Gospel mixed with Blues and Country, is the daughter…
SBC expels Oklahoma church over pastor’s racial impersonations
An Oklahoma church has been expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention because the pastor performed in blackface at a church event and impersonated a Native American woman at another. Matoaka Baptist Church in Ocheleta, Okla., was deemed “not in friendly…
Jen Hatmaker and Tyler Merrit find love and are taking their show on the road next week
For authors Jen Hatmaker and Tyler Merritt, finding love after 40 can be challenging. Jen is known to many as a New York Times bestselling author and speaker along with being one of the first influential leaders to come out…
Author of new MLK biography explains the logistical miracle of the March on Washington
Sixty years ago, the March on Washington might not have happened were it not for the influence of a gay activist named Bayard Rustin, according to the author of a new biography of Martin Luther King Jr. “Bayard Rustin was…
Cornel West also is running for president
You might have missed this amid the drama of the Republican primary for the 2024 presidential race, but Cornel West is running for president too. The 70-year-old activist, professor and commentator is not running as a Republican or a Democrat;…
We have to talk about race when it comes to Willie McLaurin
Willie McLaurin is my friend. However, he doesn’t get a pass from me for lying on his resume. I believe he set the influence of Black Southern Baptists back by two decades or more. If you would have asked me…
Luke Russert looks for his father and finds himself
For years, the name Tim Russert was synonymous with thoughtful political commentary. When the Meet the Press anchor died suddenly of a heart attack in June 2008 — just before Father’s Day — viewers on both sides of the political…
Tabitha Brown believes she’s landed just where God made her to be
Stop into any Target store across America and the name Tabitha Brown may stand out to you. Brown is known to many of her fans and admirers as a health and cooking expert, a motivational speaker, an actress and comedian,…
He turned 65 in a dorm and was inspired to write a book about the Holy Spirit
The end of COVID prompted Jack Levison to think more deeply about the Spirit-filled life. The result is his latest book, a small volume accessible to laity and clergy alike: Seven Secrets of the Spirit-filled Life. As the pandemic slowed,…