Once again, Samford University has denied a request to allow a group for LGBTQ students — this time excluding students in its highly rated Cumberland School of Law. In 2017, the Birmingham school forfeited $3 million a year in institutional…
‘Christian nation’ myth is fundamental to Christian nationalism, speakers warn
One of the scariest things about Christian nationalism — especially for a Black Baptist minister— is its symbiotic relationship with white supremacy expressed through the myth that America was founded as a Christian nation, Christopher McKee Jr. explained to an…
Henry Mugabe and son reportedly killed in crash in Zimbabwe
A key figure in resisting the spillover of the Southern Baptist Convention’s “conservative resurgence” into global missions outposts has been killed in an automobile tragedy in Zimbabwe, according to friends in America. Henry Mugabe along with his son, Munyaradzi Johannes Mugabe,…
Embrace new ways of relating to mental health and spiritual challenges of Gen Z or risk losing them, researcher urges
Religious leaders must learn to embrace new ways of relating to the mental health and spiritual challenges of young people or risk contributing to their continued alienation from faith institutions, the coordinator of a new national study says. Josh Packard…
Anti-abortion activists and legislators claim Justice Department favors abortion providers and ignores violence against crisis pregnancy centers
You may not know this if you’re not tuned in to conservative media, but the FBI has an agenda to protect abortion clinics and punish conservatives generally and anti-abortion conservatives specifically. So goes the narrative believed by many anti-abortion advocates,…
33 House Republicans introduce bill to ban talking about sex and gender with children under age 10
The conservative evangelical agenda to define any discussion with children of sexual orientation or gender identity as sexually perverse could become federal law if a group of Republican Congressmen get their way. Rep. Mike Johnson, a Southern Baptist from Louisiana,…
Woodland Baptist Church named Church of the Year for Environmental Concern
A Baptist church at the forefront of environmental advocacy has been honored as Church of the Year for Faith-based Environmental Advocacy by Christians Caring for Creation, a national faith-based organization dedicated to addressing the critical environmental issues of the day….
Campaign calls Christians to oppose solitary confinement on moral grounds
Natasha White spent more than a quarter of a 15-year prison sentence in New York banished to solitary confinement, an experience that inflicted so much emotional and physical trauma that it has shaped the course of her life since her…
Transitions for the week of 10-21-22
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated bi-weekly. STAFF CHANGES Nathan Adams, to First Baptist Church, Hereford, Texas, as pastor, effective Nov. 1. He comes from First Baptist…
Amid the breakup, United Methodists are still serving their communities
United Methodists’ help for others counters gloom and doom predictions of break-up. Most news coverage of The United Methodist Church these days paints a gloomy picture of a doomed denomination. While the institutional turmoil can’t be denied, United Methodists in…
Pennsylvania faith leaders launch bus tour against Christian nationalism
A coalition of Pennsylvania faith leaders and activists have launched a multi-faith and multi-racial bus tour to oppose Christian nationalism and defeat its proponents in the upcoming midterm elections. The Freedom Express Bus Tour began with an Oct. 18 rally…
As immigration advocates suspected, Title 42 originated with White House, not with CDC
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official has confirmed what immigration rights advocates have suspected all along: Implementation of Title 42 to rapidly expel asylum seekers due to COVID-19 had little to do with the pandemic. Martin Cetron, director…