The Rev. Gretta Vosper’s decision to turn her church into a haven for nonbelievers “looking for a community that will help them create meaningful lives without God” has become too much even for the liberal-minded United Church of Canada.
On the 40th anniversary of Hyde, a theological defense of reproductive justice
Many reproductive justice organizations have mobilized to bring increased attention to a policy which prohibits federal funding of abortion.
BUA president resigns to accept church position
René Maciel resigned as president of Baptist University of the Américas to become community life pastor at First Baptist Church of Woodway in Waco, Texas.
Inside the religious freedom report that’s making conservatives so mad
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’s report suggests that some religious exemptions “significantly infringe” on civil rights.
Confederate flag images quietly removed from National Cathedral
Washington National Cathedral has quietly replaced its controversial panes of stained glass bearing the Confederate flag.
How decades of divorce helped erode religion
Two widely recognized trends in American society might have something to do with each other. Divorce rates climbed to the highest levels ever in the 1980s. And today Americans are rapidly becoming less religious.
Evangelicals’ favorite heresies revisited by researchers
LifeWay Research and Ligonier Ministries have released an update on the state of American theology in 2016.
Averett teams up with Baptist Theological Seminary
Averett University is joining with Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond to offer the seminary’s master of divinity graduates a path to a master of business administration degree.
The secret costs of Islamophobia
With Adele’s song “All I Ask” playing in the background, a Maryland teenager opened her computer and wrote an emotional letter to President Barack Obama.
The price of a pipeline — and who pays it
The extraction of fossil fuels comes at a price, and who pays has always been a matter of political will and power.
Texas begins Moral Monday protest led by faith activist
The first Moral Monday took place in Austin, Texas, and will continue with the hopes of creating positive social change in a state that is candy-apple red.
The political magic of C.S. Lewis
Lewis saw public matters, and indeed all of life, through a theological lens; his Christian belief had important public consequences because it provided him with insights into the human condition.











