The George Floyd Global Memorial has been awarded a $250,000 collaborative grant by organizations devoted to national and global justice and democracy. The Henry Luce Foundation and the Wayfarer Foundation announced the joint gift ahead of the anniversary of Floyd’s…
Baylor updates its motto after 173 years
Baylor University has updated the school motto that has not been changed since 1851. Regents of the Waco, Texas, university with Baptist roots voted last week to add two words to the Latin motto that is inscribed on the official…
T-shirts send a message about gun violence
Churches across Texas are participating in a campaign to raise awareness about gun violence and build coalitions focused on its prevention. Texas Impact designed its Vidas Robadas — Spanish for “Taken Lives” — project to connect university and church-based advocates…
As 18 million face starvation in Sudan, embattled country gets little financial help
Of all the epicenters of wars in the world today, none has triggered as much displacement of citizens as in Sudan, the Northeastern African country of about 46 million people, according to the International Rescue Committee. The IRC says Sudan’s lingering…
Exiles from Immanuel Baptist find new life at a historic Baptist church in Little Rock
The sexual abuse schism that has rocked one of the largest Southern Baptist churches in Arkansas is now bringing new life to a Baptist church building with a different kind of history. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported May 19 that about…
Coalition offers training for churches and faith leaders in how to interact with angry protesters during Pride events
Against the backdrop of rising anti-LGBTQ violence, Interfaith Alliance and its partners will provide training for faith leaders and congregations to serve as buffers between hate groups and those attending Pride month events in June. “While this year it is…
Christian groups helped elect school board that restored Confederate names
The Virginia school board that voted last week to restore the names of Confederate leaders to two schools was elected with the help of conservative Christian groups that promote parental rights and oppose Critical Race Theory. Ever since the Shenandoah…
Huett named chief operating officer of CBF
Longtime Cooperative Baptist Fellowship staff member Jeff Huett has been named to a newly created position of chief operating officer. According to a CBF news release, Huett will coordinate collaboration between finance, human resources, identity and communications, information technology, and…
Former terrorism official exposes threat of Christian extremism
The 9/11 attacks on the United States revealed Elizabeth Neumann’s first calling: to protect the nation from religious extremists “over there” through counterterrorism work in George W. Bush’s administration. The 1/6 attack on the U.S. Capitol inspired her current calling:…
Amid America’s changing political alliances, Republicans skew more evangelical and less diverse
A recent Pew Research study shows racial and religious demographic changes are having significant effects on both the Republican and Democratic parties. Amid a contentious election year, Pew’s most recent findings show American views toward partisanship have shifted tremendously between…
Pew poll confirms other studies: Most Americans favor legal abortion
The evangelical obsession with outlawing abortion remains vastly out of step with the majority of Americans, according to new national polling by Pew Research. This new data corresponds to other national polls, including those by Public Religion Research Institute, that…
PCA cancels panel discussion after uproar over David French
David French appears to be persona non grata in the Presbyterian denomination he called home until recently. French, a conservative columnist for The New York Times, was a darling of political and theological conservatives until he and his wife, Nancy…