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Conservative Christianity as threat to democracy
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American young people report huge gaps between what matters to them and what appears to matter to the church
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Shutting down the manufactured Critical Race Theory ‘debate’
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She was raised Southern Baptist, wanted to help a refugee child but was turned away because of her sexual orientation
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Shed your stereotypes and become an ally in the fight against hunger, CBF panelists urge
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The room where it happens
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This small book is for health care workers operating on a wing and a prayer
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With so much death on our minds, now is a good time to talk about heaven, Lee Strobel says
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‘A Change Is Gonna Come’: Ahmaud Arbery and the call to transform injustice
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In highly unusual move, Georgia pastor who lost race for SBC presidency sues former SBC leader for defamation
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Supreme Court will hear Boston flag case that pits First Amendment religious liberty clauses against each other
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Ghana considers a new law punishing same-sex relations, and LGBTQ community fears reprisals
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Loving my neighbor in the Global South
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It’s time to remember the first American woman appointed an international missionary — whose name you’ve probably never heard
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Ministry jobs and more
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DeSantis and Abbott working hard to see who can be more cruel to immigrants, faith leaders contend
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A spiritual calling to help the hungry brought Craig Gundersen to Baylor’s Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
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Three-state merger hailed as transformative by CBF leaders
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Closed minds are behind the open border myth, and immigrants are not the source of COVID either
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Who’s behind the nationwide attacks on local school boards over Critical Race Theory?
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Tucker Carlson, ‘equal opportunity bigot’
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It’s not just in the U.S. that people believe different truths about basic facts
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Is it time to separate church and social media like we have separated church and state?
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Immigration advocates furious with Biden administration over Remain in Mexico policy
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American young people report huge gaps between what matters to them and what appears to matter to the church
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She was raised Southern Baptist, wanted to help a refugee child but was turned away because of her sexual orientation
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Shed your stereotypes and become an ally in the fight against hunger, CBF panelists urge
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This small book is for health care workers operating on a wing and a prayer
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With so much death on our minds, now is a good time to talk about heaven, Lee Strobel says
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In highly unusual move, Georgia pastor who lost race for SBC presidency sues former SBC leader for defamation
-
Supreme Court will hear Boston flag case that pits First Amendment religious liberty clauses against each other
-
Ghana considers a new law punishing same-sex relations, and LGBTQ community fears reprisals
-
It’s time to remember the first American woman appointed an international missionary — whose name you’ve probably never heard
-
Ministry jobs and more
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DeSantis and Abbott working hard to see who can be more cruel to immigrants, faith leaders contend
-
A spiritual calling to help the hungry brought Craig Gundersen to Baylor’s Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
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Three-state merger hailed as transformative by CBF leaders
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Who’s behind the nationwide attacks on local school boards over Critical Race Theory?
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It’s not just in the U.S. that people believe different truths about basic facts
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SBC says church planters must pledge not to hire women as pastors just like they pledge not to drink alcohol
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Largest-ever U.S. congregational survey confirms what church consultants have been telling you
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Hartford Seminary is now a university with an interreligious peacemaking focus
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This Bucket Challenge offers DIY cleanup relief for disaster victims
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Faced with a health scare and a pandemic, Max Lucado is thinking about how to maximize the moment
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Ronnie Floyd resigns SBC Executive Committee leadership with two weeks’ notice
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United Methodists’ ‘reluctant pro-choice’ stance puts clergy and laity at odds with new Texas abortion law
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Judge says New York must offer option of religious exemptions to vaccine mandate even if exemptions aren’t granted
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Transitions for the week of 10-15-21
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Conservative Christianity as threat to democracy
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A doorway to the sacred: Encountering God in the theater
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Shutting down the manufactured Critical Race Theory ‘debate’
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The room where it happens
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‘A Change Is Gonna Come’: Ahmaud Arbery and the call to transform injustice
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Loving my neighbor in the Global South
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Tucker Carlson, ‘equal opportunity bigot’
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Is it time to separate church and social media like we have separated church and state?
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Southern Baptists, attorney-client privilege, and devotion to empire
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Seven things white Christians can do to address white supremacy at church
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Let’s stop the average Sunday attendance freak out
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The Delta variant is raging in Eastern Kentucky because of historic injustices
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Fall lessons on life and faith from the history of the apple
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On National Coming Out Day 2021: ‘Here I am, Lord’
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Apocalypse now? If only it were that easy!
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Listen for a change
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Not your typical Pastor Appreciation Month
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10 ways to appreciate clergy this month
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It’s tough being a pastor on World Hunger Sunday, but it’s harder to be hungry
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Gov. Abbott’s COVID-19 vaccination ban tramples on my religious practice
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Enslaved by freedom
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The deconstruction of American evangelicalism
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Tony Evans misses the mark and misrepresents history with his Kingdom Race Theology
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Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day? The damaging Christian ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ at the heart of the American identity crisis
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Lessons from Coach Ted Lasso
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Efforts drag on to free 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
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Methodist racial history recalled on 250th anniversary of Asbury’s US arrival
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43 countries criticize China at UN for repression of Uyghurs
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White evangelicals dealing with racial issues and faith: “If I’ve been wrong about that, what else have I been wrong about?”
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Texans will vote in November on whether governments can limit religious services
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Haiti Negotiates with Gang over $1 Million Ransom for Each Kidnapped Missionary
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Lawmakers join faith leaders to voice support for ‘Build Back Better’ package
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China crackdown on Apple store hits holy book apps, Audible
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Federal courts reach divergent outcomes in health care worker vaccine disputes while class action challenges federal mandate
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Voting rights demonstration leads to faith leaders’ arrests outside White House
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Inside the fraught effort to create a Christian nationalist internet
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Baptist watchdog flunks Forever 21, praises H&M in annual ‘ethical fashion’ report
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Egypt’s President Promotes Religious Choice During Human Rights Rollout
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The Reformed Church in America moves toward restructuring, prepares for departures
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Repeal of Illinois abortion notification buoyed by Texas law
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Christian Aid Ministries says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
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Southlake school leader tells teachers to balance Holocaust books with ‘opposing’ views
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U.S. pastors, advocacy groups mobilize against COVID-19 vaccine mandates
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Rachel Held Evans’ Wholehearted Faith Lives On in New Book
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National Council of Churches elects all-female officers, approves NRSV update
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Texas women drive hours for abortions after new law
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Vatican-backed sex abuse research institute expands mandate
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GOP stalls pick who’d be government’s highest-ranking Muslim
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The Reformed Church in America faces rupture over LGBTQ gridlock
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South Mississippi church one of first to accept cryptocurrency as a giving method