In September, five Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel joined global Baptist leaders in Amman, Jordan, to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the European Baptist Federation (EBF). During the gathering, CBF Global Missions was recognized as one of EBF’s long-time strategic…
Apologetics After Christendom
How do we translate the gospel for a culture without a common spiritual language? What does evangelism look like in a post-Christian world? Christians who want to share their faith often wrestle with questions like these, doubtful that apologetic methods…
More Than Weekly: Understanding America’s Most Devout Religious Attenders
My new book releases on on January 13, 2026. It’s called The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us. Please pre-order a copy on Amazon or Baker Books (where it’s currently 40% off with free shipping).
Tolkien, Lewis and the problem of ‘Christian’ art
When friends mention some new Christian artwork, movie or novel, I confess my first thought is usually, “I wonder how bad it is.”
Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism
Walter Bingham was 14 years old when Nazis plundered Jewish businesses and places of worship across Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass.”
On Dorothy Day’s birthday, the life and work of the last living Catholic Worker who knew her
Jane Sammon was terrified the first time she met Dorothy Day, the Catholic Worker founder now being considered for sainthood by Rome.
Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism
The headlines documenting President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal troops to San Francisco followed a familiar arc. “Trump claims ‘unquestioned power’ in vow to send troops to San Francisco,” The Guardian reported on Oct. 20, 2025. The next day, the San Francisco…
BWA Appoints Ambassador for Standing Against Gender-Based Violence
The Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Valérie Duval-Poujol from France as the first BWA Ambassador for Standing Against Gender-Based Violence. Approved unanimously by the BWA Trustee Committee, this pivotal role includes a five-year term of…
Mamdani win likely to give other Muslim progressive candidates momentum
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani spoke unapologetically about his Muslim faith and democratic socialist roots during his victory speech on Election Day (Nov. 4). In a sharp rebuke to the Islamophobic attacks he faced during the campaign, Mamdani said…
Members of the last surviving gnostic sect prepare for the ‘Little Feast’ in Texas
As the morning sun of Central Texas burned off the lingering crispness of a recent autumnal Sunday, Valid Ebadfardzadeh, an older man with a long white beard who was dressed in a stark white cotton turban and robe, lifted his…
Europe’s Christian Pacifists Reconsider Peace by Arms
Over the last ten centuries, Nikolaikirche—a Protestant church in Eisenach, Germany—has witnessed its share of war and civil strife, dictators and destruction. But this year, in the encroaching darkness of early autumn, its Romanesque stone arches are bathed in candlelight,…
US teen deported, Israeli rabbi wounded as tensions mount for Jewish activists in the West Bank
Having spent the night in an immigrant detention center in Ramle, Israel, Leila Stillman-Utterback, still handcuffed, began to daven shacharit, the morning prayers, as dawn broke.