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New study finds affirmation of Black church experience even as attendance declines
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Faith leaders call for an end to racial bullying in the Indiana legislature
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Coronavirus challenging denominational summer conventions yet again
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Why vote to fund something you won’t ever use?
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Matter-of-fact statements about Scripture aren’t always the gospel truth
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Some Methodist churches finding greater mission results with simplified governance
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Black History Month: Remembering, waiting, watching
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Diverse religious coalition urges Congress to finalize the Equal Rights Amendment
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Canada labels Uyghur repression ‘genocide,’ but that’s not as exemplary as you might think
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She’s Gen-Z, became leery of the church but practices faith with fitness
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About disfellowshipping churches based on the ‘clear’ teaching of Scripture
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What the SBC should learn from the Ravi Zacharias tragedy
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LGBTQ inclusion and clergy sexual abuse treated equally in SBC expulsions
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The Black church and the salvation of the world
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The two Georges, the world and American leadership
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As people walk away from the church in droves, Russ Dean hopes to tell the old story in a new way
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Son’s legacy lives on through Kansas City ministry for children with special needs
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New study finds affirmation of Black church experience even as attendance declines
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Ministry jobs and more
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Christian nationalism deeply embedded into American life, Tyler warns
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Faith community nurses ‘carry the hope’ during COVID-19 pandemic
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Coronavirus challenging denominational summer conventions yet again
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Some Methodist churches finding greater mission results with simplified governance
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Diverse religious coalition urges Congress to finalize the Equal Rights Amendment
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She’s Gen-Z, became leery of the church but practices faith with fitness
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LGBTQ inclusion and clergy sexual abuse treated equally in SBC expulsions
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As people walk away from the church in droves, Russ Dean hopes to tell the old story in a new way
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The strange saga of the Riley Foundation lawsuit now forces SBC to figure out who has the right to remove a seminary trustee
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In-person worship dropped in January as more churches were directly affected by COVID
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Caldwell succeeds Anderson as chair of BNG board
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Ministry jobs and more
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Final vote sounds the death knell for capital punishment in Virginia
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Reeves to lead Fellowship Southwest
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Three years later, Leah Sharibu is still held captive, reportedly for refusing to renounce her faith
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Wake Forest Divinity gets $5 million grant to help combat HIV/AIDS
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Making the case for why Black History Month is necessary
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Baylor regents ‘accept’ racial history report, will release findings by end of March
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Pay attention to what’s happening in Myanmar, Baptist pastors plead
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Transitions for the week of 2-19-21
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With Invictus Howard Goodall tells Christ’s Passion mainly through texts written by women
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On religious liberty views and other issues, there’s still a wide gap between evangelicals and the rest of America
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Maybe your church needs a minister of loneliness
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How slavery still shapes the world of white evangelical Christians
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Faith leaders call for an end to racial bullying in the Indiana legislature
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One year later: Some musings on post-COVID culture and social ethics
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Why vote to fund something you won’t ever use?
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Matter-of-fact statements about Scripture aren’t always the gospel truth
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Black History Month: Remembering, waiting, watching
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Canada labels Uyghur repression ‘genocide,’ but that’s not as exemplary as you might think
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About disfellowshipping churches based on the ‘clear’ teaching of Scripture
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What the SBC should learn from the Ravi Zacharias tragedy
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The Black church and the salvation of the world
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St. Benedict and a two-fold path for the church In America
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What if we cared about Black History Month as much as Lent?
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Prophecy is obedient imagination
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How much wealth does America need before we’ll address homelessness?
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Why we need to talk about abortion
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How travel and food break through barriers that divide us
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Is the church only for ‘good Christians’?
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Raging at God after my 67-year-old father died of COVID
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Why I wrote about hope in disarray
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‘For fear of the Jews’: Confronting Christian anti-Semitism
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What do we do now? The blessing and curse of COVID to the church
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Loving my neighbor by being an ‘active bystander’
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A lesson from Texas: Winterization of power stations and the Golden Rule
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‘Hour of decision’? Evangelicalism in a post-church, post-Trump era
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Texas church helps mosque damaged after snowstorm
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Vaccinated for virus, Jimmy Carter and wife back in church
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Black Church Group Offers Its Best Shot at Closing Vaccine Gap
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Man who played Duke Chapel bells for 50 years dies
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Ravi Zacharias’s Denomination Revokes Ordination
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Disinformation Fuels A White Evangelical Movement. It Led 1 Virginia Pastor To Quit
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Southern Baptists divided over politics, race, LGBTQ policy
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Rush Limbaugh, who shaped conservative Christian politics on the radio, has died
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Dallas faith groups help shelter homeless Texans during deep freeze
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SBU Trustees Reverse Some Tenure/Promotion Denials
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U.S. Supreme Court sides with Alabama death row inmate, declines to lift stay of execution over state’s refusal to allow clergy in chamber
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Survey: Black Americans attend church and pray more often
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How Christian Bookstores Survived 2020
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Celebrating Ash Wednesday in a pandemic? There’s an app for that
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From ‘Lent-in-a-box’ to ‘ash n dash’
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No execution: Courts side with inmate wanting pastor present
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New Arkansas Law Exempts Churches from Pandemic Restrictions
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Survey: More than a quarter of white evangelicals believe core QAnon conspiracy theory
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Evangelical Colleges Consider the Future of Online Education After COVID-19
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Law firm details sexual misconduct by global ministry leader
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Nation’s first human-composting funeral home is now open in the state of Washington
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Texas gambling opponents ready for battle
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Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper’ reopens to public with short wait
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Faith and the COVID-19 vaccine: ‘I’m a member of a community with duties’
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Safety Net Programs Have Reduced U.S. Poverty, Disparities Remain