The University of South Carolina president has indicated he does not plan to ask the Legislature for permission to change the names of nearly a dozen campus buildings that a special committee says honors racists and Civil War figures.
United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis
The United Church of Christ kicked off its Special Edition General Synod on Sunday (July 11) by passing a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis.
Why some younger evangelicals are leaving the faith
The extent to which the number of white evangelicals have declined in the United States has been laid bare in a new report by the Public Religion Research Institute’s 2020 Census on American Religion.
Kentucky contracts with Baptist-affiliated children’s agency
Kentucky reached a contract deal Thursday to continue placing youngsters with a Baptist-affiliated children’s agency, coming after the Democratic governor’s administration removed LGBTQ anti-discrimination language that the agency steadfastly refused to sign.
JewBelong goes digital — and hot pink — in campaign to sound alarm on antisemitism
The signs — hot neon pink banners flashing over Times Square in Manhattan — are bold and unapologetic: “Being woke and antisemitic is like being a vegan who eats veal.”
A question of faith: Biden, Catholicism and the presidency
On the matter of faith, President Joe Biden is not shy. Each weekend that he is in town, he goes to Mass in Washington. A motorcade takes him on Saturday evenings or Sunday mornings to Holy Trinity, the church where…
What is biblical inerrancy? A New Testament scholar explains
In his farewell address at the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention, outgoing president J.D. Greear acknowledged the internal disputes but assured attendees that the Baptist faith continues to affirm “those doctrines most contested in our culture,” such as “the authority, and the inerrancy,…
Appeals court says all hostile workplace claims by ministers are barred by ministerial exception
The prohibition on discrimination in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act doesn’t just apply to hiring and firing; it also protects against “hostile” work environments. But, what if your work environment is a house of worship and you are…
Southern Baptist youth pastor and National Guard chaplain suspended after arrest on solicitation charges
A Southern Baptist youth minister who also served as a National Guard chaplain was arrested last weekend on charges of soliciting a minor, according to the Tennessee Department of Investigation.
Baptists among clergy detained following Cuba protests
Cuban authorities have detained religious leaders—including at least three Baptists—in the wake of nationwide protests, action that drew rebuke from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Treading Lightly In Abortion Politics, Biden Still Manages To Annoy Both Sides
It took five months for the Biden administration to make a substantive policy change to advance abortion rights. And even that change was buried in a 61-page regulation setting rules for 2022’s Affordable Care Act enrollment.
Ohio Enacts Conscience Protections For Medical Personnel and Institutions
On July 1, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Am. Sub. House Bill 110, Ohio’s Budget bill. (Signing ceremony.) Included in the 2438-page bill is a provision providing conscience protections for health care practitioners, institutions and insurers (at pg. 1453- 1455, enacting…