The church whose pastor, Dale “Dickie” Amyx, was accused of abusing and impregnating a teenage girl in the mid-1970s left the Southern Baptist Convention this year shortly after the SBC said the church needed to be investigated further due to…
Beth Moore doesn’t ‘have an axe to grind’
In a sermon described as “historic” and a “watershed,” Beth Moore addressed controversy surrounding John MacArthur’s advice that she “go home” at the inaugural National Preaching Conference hosted by Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.
Across Mister Rogers’ actual neighborhoods, his faith echoes
Fred Rogers’ ministry of neighboring is global now, and the Tom Hanks movie premiering this week only amplifies his ideals. But at home, in Pittsburgh, Mister Rogers moved through real neighborhoods — the landscape of his life, the places he…
Paige Patterson’s career ended after she came forward. Her struggle continues.
Megan Lively does not want to come off as an angry feminist trying to pull down powerful men. She was raised to respect her elders and look up to authority. But after the dozens of reports of sexual abuse in…
The Democratic candidates’ favorite Bible verses
Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, and Cory Booker are quoting a lot of Scripture on the campaign trail.
Vatican appears to rebuke new US West Bank settlement policy
In what appears to be a rare public rebuke of U.S. foreign policy, the Vatican issued a statement Wednesday reaffirming its support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and calling on Israel to reside “within the borders recognized…
South Carolina Baptist Convention’s first African-American president elected
“Folks, I don’t want it to be lost on us today, that on our 200th anniversary — the oldest state convention in the Southern Baptist Convention — our first African-American will preside as president of the South Carolina Baptist Convention.”
Black churches join a green movement
The Rev. Ambrose Carroll, a Baptist minister who founded the Green the Church Summit in 2013, thinks the environment is central to the issues that plague the African American community.
Trump advisor calls Pompeo’s West Bank decision an answered prayer
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday (Nov. 18) that the U.S. is softening its position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, rejecting a 1978 State Department legal opinion that concluded Israeli settlements in the region are…
Chick-fil-A to stop donations to charities with anti-LGBT views
As Chick-fil-A expands globally and into more liberal parts of the U.S., the chicken chain plans to change which charities it donates to after years of bad press and protests from the LGBT community.
Kanye West Calls himself the ‘greatest artist that God has ever created’ at Joel Osteen’s service
The Jesus Is King rapper stopped by famous pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, on Sunday
Planned Parenthood awarded $2M in lawsuit against hidden camera activists
A federal jury in San Francisco found that the anti-abortion group Center for Medical Progress and its president, David Daleiden, broke multiple state and federal laws when they secretly recorded and released videos of Planned Parenthood employees.










