After months of online worship, Barbara Aikens Walker was relieved finally to gather in-person with her church on July 5 — even if it was from inside her Jeep Cherokee parked inside a California parking garage. Walker said First Baptist…
In the UK, coronavirus has made ‘every street a parish’
In the United Kingdom, the coronavirus lockdown “has made every follower of Jesus a leader, every house a house church, and every street a parish,” according to a consultant who works with thousands of churches across denominational lines. Matt Bird…
Letters to the Editor for July 9
A response to David Gushee: Zoom church is not the nightmare Melanie Vaughn-West, Lauren Colwell, David Rensberger Five reasons I disagree with David Gushee Robert Wallace
In Kenya, worry about COVID-19 and now a plague of locusts
COVID-19 and gigantic swarms of crop-devouring locusts are compounding the challenges of hunger, poverty and war that many Africans already face. But there are communities where a reliance on faith and on internal economic capacity are helping people survive current…
Faith leaders lament loosened restrictions on payday lenders
Faith leaders were not surprised that the Trump administration gutted hard-fought regulations for payday lenders July 7, but they were nonetheless disappointed that years of advocacy for poor citizens appeared to be for naught. The federal agency charged with protecting…
Virginia explorer talks about missions and philanthropy in new adventure book
It takes a book for Craig Martin to share where on Earth he’s been. It’s much easier to ask where he hasn’t been. “I have not been to Antarctica,” said Martin, a director, filmmaker and former communications manager for the…
Baylor names 26-member commission on race and history
Baylor University has named a 26-member Commission on Historic Campus Representations to follow up on a board of regents resolution adopted in late June. The July 6 announcement from regents’ Chairman Mark Rountree and university President Linda Livingstone outlined four…
Educated and eager to work, but there’s just one barrier
For as long as she can remember, Jennifer Evans of Las Cruces, N.M., has dreamed of running political campaigns. Within minutes of meeting her, you can see that she is well-suited for such a role, with an engaging personality, an…
Huge hurdles ahead for Dreamers despite high court’s DACA ruling
“There’s always that fear that at any point in time it could be stopped or ended.”
Ministry jobs and more
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Campbell institute helps youth try on vocation as ministry
At 18, Jillian Brookshire already knows she wants to pursue a career in law, maybe even politics. What the Raleigh, N.C., resident didn’t know until more recently is that her professional interests may also represent a calling on her life….
Hardy Clemons remembered as mentor, encourager, hero
Hardy Clemons, one of the most influential and beloved figures in progressive Baptist life, died July 1 in San Antonio, Texas, from COVID-19. Clemons, 87, pastor of three churches in Texas and one in South Carolina, was a denominational leader…