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.
Photo Gallery: Norfolk Street Choir
View the photo gallery from the Norman Street Choir.
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.
Mass shootings transform how America talks, prays, prepares
The unending litany of mass shootings in recent years — the latest, on Friday, leaving 12 dead in Virginia Beach, Virginia – has changed how America talks, prays and prepares for trouble.