Four years ago on June 17, when Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church became national news, Jennifer Berry Hawes was one of the first reporters on the scene to cover the massacre.
In St. Louis, former houses of worship are retooled to meet the city’s needs
St. Liborius Roman Catholic Church in Old North St. Louis, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was once called the “Cathedral of the North Side.” More recently, the massive structure has been appreciated on social media as “the…
7 facts about Southern Baptists
The Southern Baptist Convention has been in the news recently amid questions over its pro-slavery past and allegations of sex abuse. Last year, one of the denomination’s key seminaries fired its president over an alleged cover-up of rape.
Southern Baptists descend on Alabama, epicenter of abortion debate
Representatives of Southern Baptist churches regularly affirm their belief that life begins at conception as well as their opposition to abortion. Next week, they coincidentally will be gathering in Birmingham at a time when the national spotlight is focused on…
What pastors get paid, and when it’s not enough
Financial stress is harming ministers—some more than others.
Dutch Baptists on the way to merger
The idea of cooperation and even merger originated in 2009, when both groups took part in the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the world Baptist movement.
What set Game of Thrones apart — and how it lost its way
The series was clear-sighted about power and misogyny, but it failed to see that vision through.
On praying for the president
Donald Trump’s controversial stop at a Virginia mega-church after a mass shooting showed how even normal Christian behavior has been scrutinized during this administration.
Why sexual abuse in the church is expected to be front and center as Southern Baptists meet in Alabama
Sexual abuse in the church is expected to be front and center when thousands of representatives from the more than 50,000 Southern Baptist congregations gather June 11-12 in Birmingham, Alabama, for their big annual meeting.
10 women who are changing the Southern Baptist response to abuse
Meet the survivors and advocates whose voices spurred “holy rumblings” in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
A pastor’s case for the morality of abortion
Jes Kast, a minister in the United Church of Christ, believes the procedure should be fully legal and accessible. Her path to that position has been complicated.
At her funeral in Tennessee, Rachel Held Evans is memorialized with quotes from her own writings
The service was held at First Centenary United Methodist Church in Chattanooga. Many of the writer’s friends followed along from a livestream of the service hosted on her website.