It’s difficult to quantify the extent of clergy stress, nationwide or denominationally. But a 2018 Gallup poll bears out a common impression that clergy no longer enjoy the same public esteem as in the past.
It matters that Michael Bloomberg is a proud Jew
Mike Bloomberg is not a radical. However, he is running the most radically Jewish campaign in U.S. history.
Texas church expelled from Southern Baptist Convention for hiring sex offender as pastor
The church expelled Tuesday is the first to be recommended for removal by the newly formed Credentials Committee, which was created last year in response to the sexual abuse crisis in Southern Baptist life. Media reports in 2019 found widespread…
A Guatemalan family was separated in 2017. They’re still apart
Adelaida Reynoso and her mother, Maria, were among the first migrant families broken up by the Trump administration, on July 31, 2017, long before the government acknowledged it was separating parents and children at the border.
Evangelical pastor has a simple mission: Get Trump out
Doug Pagitt’s answer is Vote Common Good, a nationwide bus tour aimed at convincing religiously motivated voters to cast their ballots for the eventual Democratic candidate.
Christian lawmakers group blames Satan after Twitter poll goes badly awry
The National Association of Christian Lawmakers posted a Twitter poll about religion in politics. They didn’t like the response.
Even for Christians, Trump has become a dating deal-breaker
More American couples set out to be “equally yoked” on political matters too.
Gospel of Matthew’s message rings loudly for some 2020 Dems
As conservative evangelicals continue to make up a critical part of President Donald Trump’s base, the message of Matthew 25 — which calls for feeding the hungry and giving a stranger safe harbor — allows Democrats to make a strong…
Why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day? In the early years, it was more goat blood than roses
As history has it, a prison letter would ultimately spark the ideas for both valentine cards and the concept of valentine admirers.
Top Southern Baptist leader resigns over inappropriate relationship, now leads S.C. church
Frank Page, former president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee who resigned in 2018 over an inappropriate relationship, is the pastor of Pebble Creek Baptist Church, according to the church’s website and weekly bulletins. The Southern Baptist…
Justice Department anti-human trafficking grants prompt whistleblower complaint
The awarding of more than $1 million total to the two groups, Hookers for Jesus in Nevada and the Lincoln Tubman Foundation in South Carolina, has triggered a whistleblower complaint filed by the Justice Department’s employee union to the department’s…
‘The tongue is a fire’: Southern Baptist church fractures over secrets and spiritual abuse
Oakwood Baptist Church hid Don Foose’s sexual assault of a minor from the congregation for years, as he became pastor and head of the day school.