One Baptist minister said he initially joined because the union movement needs Christians to be involved. “But since that time … a complaint was made against me and I realized it could be very helpful,” he said.
Both sides in LGBT case agree: It’s not about wedding cake
In a legal case with profound implications for LGBT rights and religion’s place in public life, the opposing sides agree on this: It’s not about the cake.
Ministers look to revive Martin Luther King’s 1968 poverty campaign
Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. began his Poor People’s Campaign, William J. Barber II, a black minister and civil rights leader from North Carolina, and Liz Theoharis, a white theologian originally from Milwaukee, will revive it.
It’s the holiday season. How do you sift through all the appeals for giving?
The conventional guidance, parroted as if it were gospel, goes something like: Be generous, follow your passions and do enough research to verify that a chosen charity won’t squander your money. It’s not that simple.
Bill that would allow churches to receive FEMA aid advances in Congress
Some object that using taxpayer funds to rebuild houses of worship would violate separation of church and state, but proponents argue that religious groups, which are often at the forefront of disaster relief efforts, are being unfairly disadvantaged.
Responses to sexual abuse of late theologian continue
The reactions to revelations of sexual abuse by the late theologian John Howard Yoder, and especially to a recent published response to Yoder’s actions by theologian Stanley Hauerwas, continue to prompt wide-ranging conversations. Here are two of the latest.
Church makes scripture-centered fight against neighborhood displacement the core of its mission
Besides growing a church with new converts to Christianity, New City Church’s central mission is to slow, stop, and even turn back the negative effects of gentrification in urban Minneapolis communities.
After 25 years on the culture war’s front lines, this prominent pastor-activist thinks liberals are winning.
Barry Lynn, who is retiring as head of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, says he believes data and his experience paint an America becoming less tolerant of government-backed expressions of religion.
The messy reality of religious liberty in America
There is a vast difference between the reality and the rhetoric of religious freedom, which is often considered to be the ideal that promotes harmony and equality. But history suggests that it does, in fact, lead to more conflict.
The Masterpiece Cakeshop case is not about religious freedom
There are two important things to know about the religious freedom/wedding cake case. One is that it’s not about religious freedom — it’s about religious exemption. The other is that it’s about a whole lot more than wedding cakes.
‘We have a serious problem’: Australian Baptist group apologises to domestic violence victims
The national body of the Baptist Church in Australia has formally apologised to victims of domestic violence who it says have been let down by churches’ “ignorance” and “failure” to care for abused congregants.
Can Pope Francis help Myanmar’s Muslims without hurting its Christians?
The answer in majority-Buddhist Burma hinges on one controversial word: Rohingya.