The Rev. Kimberly Jackson remembers the disappointment and devastation that erupted after the execution of Troy Davis nearly 10 years ago in Jackson, Georgia.
State of the Bible: Left unread during the coronavirus pandemic
People may be reading the news and “doomscrolling” through social media during the coronavirus pandemic. But what they don’t appear to be reading is the Bible.
Are private, religious schools exempt from school opening restrictions? Texas, California go in different directions
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion stating that private, religious schools are not bound by local restrictions intended to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. In a letter, Paxton argued that not only do the governor’s current state-wide orders…
Months into COVID-19, funeral directors and clergy continue to innovate death care
Norman J. Williams has been in the funeral industry business long enough to remember how the HIV epidemic changed not only the way they cared for bodies, but also for those who lost loved ones to the deadly virus.
The Price of White Evangelical Patriarchy
In 2008, the Gaither Vocal Band released a song called “Jesus and John Wayne,” about a young man’s struggle to live a godly life. Though striving after the soft purity of Jesus as exemplified by his mother, the man often…
Gary V. Simpson: The pastoral challenge of a Brooklyn church and COVID-19
From one of the pandemic’s epicenters, a minister describes his congregation’s experience through death and new life over the last four months.
White Supremacist Ideas Have Historical Roots In U.S. Christianity
When a young Southern Baptist pastor named Alan Cross arrived in Montgomery, Ala., in January 2000, he knew it was where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. had his first church and where Rosa Parks helped launched the famous bus…
Texas Megachurch Defends Having Choir Of Over 100 Sing In Front Of Mike Pence
A Dallas evangelical church is standing by its decision to have an over 100-person choir sing without masks during a Sunday service attended by Vice President Mike Pence.
Alabama death row inmate hopes courts will allow chaplain by his side at execution
Charles L. Burton Jr. doesn’t want to be alone when he dies. The death row inmate hopes a federal court will make sure that does not happen.