Formal jobs with decent wages are scarce in Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest nations, a place where the once-dominant Catholic Church is losing ground to open-air nondenominational Pentecostals who specialize in the appealing Prosperity Gospel. Conditions are dire for…
Immigration advocates continue to rip Biden administration for betrayal of campaign promises
The hardships facing asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border have exceeded levels witnessed during the Trump administration, some human rights advocates say. Exposure to cartel violence, deplorable living conditions and bureaucratic red tape have steadily worsened for desperate migrants during…
Missouri bill to increase statute of limitations for child sexual abuse victims dies in Senate
A bipartisan bill to extend the statute of limitations for child sexual abuse victims by 10 years has died in the Missouri Senate, despite being passed unanimously in the state’s House of Representatives. House Bill 367 was sponsored by Rep….
‘Every single pastor at the conference should forbid their wives from attending her session’
It wouldn’t be a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting if someone didn’t object to someone else lined up as a speaker. This year’s prize goes to Rachel Gilson, an author and speaker whose testimony is about living with same-sex attraction…
Colorado Springs elects a Nigerian immigrant — and political Independent — as mayor
Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant, entrepreneur, Christian community leader and “agent of good disruption” made history Tuesday, becoming the first Black man and first non-Republican to be elected mayor of Colorado Springs, Colo., in more than four decades. The smart…
On its 60th anniversary, ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ still speaks
Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is as relevant and hard-hitting today as it was when penned in 1963, a panel of religious leaders said at Georgetown University. For one, King’s audience is the same now as…
Alliance focuses spring meeting on setting modern-day captives free
A call to “Set the Captives Free” through policing reform and criminal justice reform permeated the annual gathering of the Alliance of Baptists held in April in Atlanta. Several speakers explained the modern-day abolition movement, including Alliance Co-Director Elijah Zehyoue….
SBC presidential candidate describes his church as ‘the strictest of the strict complementarians’
A Georgia pastor making a second attempt to become president of the Southern Baptist Convention described his congregation as “the strictest of the strict complementarians” and said he wishes all SBC churches were as well. “I don’t think that every…
Northern Seminary students file complaint with accreditation board
Four Northern Seminary students have filed a complaint against the school with the Association of Theological Schools, the seminary’s primary accreditation agency. The complaint, dated April 25, includes a timeline of conflicts between former Northern President Bill Shiell and female…
Rick Warren outlines five reasons Saddleback will challenge its expulsion from SBC
Rick Warren and Saddleback Church plan to vigorously object to their expulsion from the Southern Baptist Convention at the SBC annual meeting next month in New Orleans. Warren, who was founding pastor of the Southern California megachurch and recently retired,…
A Methodist church leads an interfaith response to Texas outlet mall shooting
A United Methodist congregation in Allen, Texas, is leading an interfaith response to the May 6 mass shooting at a local outlet mall that ended with eight deaths and multiple injuries. Suncreek United Methodist Church kicked off its interfaith effort,…
Rick Warren named first honorary chancellor at Spurgeon’s College
Rick Warren may have retired as pastor at Saddelback Church but he isn’t done yet. The man who is arguably the best-known Southern Baptist pastor in America has signed on to help lead a British university with ties to his…