Jacob Wells has been inundated with hundreds of emails and phone calls since Friday evening.
Baptist Calvinists Defend Slavery of SBTS’s Founders
As some Black Southern Baptists urge their denomination’s flagship seminary to remove honors to enslavers, prominent White Calvinists associated with the school are defending not only the founders but even slavery. Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, is leading the…
Liberty announces investigation into Falwell’s tenure
Liberty University is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell Jr.’s tenure as president, a wide-ranging inquiry that will include financial, real estate and legal matters, the evangelical school’s board announced Monday.
Chadwick Boseman: Man of faith in real life, ‘Black Panther’ on screen
Chadwick Boseman, who was most known for playing the superhero in the title role of “Black Panther,” was a person of faith from childhood who shared biblical wisdom along the path of his career.
His RNC prayer was neutral, but Franklin Graham says the choice for president is not
Franklin Graham offered a short and straightforward Protestant prayer for the country on the last night of the Republican National Convention.
More than 350 faith leaders to back Biden for president, including many first-time endorsers
More than 350 faith and community leaders are planning to endorse former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris this week, adding their voices to the campaign as it ramps up its engagement with religious groups.
Judge halts federal rule that diverts coronavirus funding to private schools
For the second time in a week, a federal court has blocked a rule issued by the Department of Education requiring public school districts to include private schools (including religious schools) in how they spend their coronavirus relief funding. The…
Carter Center, pushing for fair elections, turns focus to US
The Carter Center, an organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, has worked for decades to ensure fair elections in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
How Trump’s Republican National Convention speech wove faith into the ‘great American story’
Accepting the Republican nomination for a second term, President Donald Trump framed his remarks with what he called “the great American story.”