It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...
For many Christians in America, this is an unpleasant and unwelcome message. But here it is: It is a fundamental mistake to view and treat white supremacy as merely an attitude or a set of practices and policies. White supremacy is something…
The rise of honorary degrees raises concern about misuse of “Dr.” in ministry.
A Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate who recently resigned from the South Carolina Baptist Convention has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in Arlington, Texas, more than two decades ago.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Sammy Ballard, to First Baptist Church, Mebane, N.C., as pastor. Greg DeLoach, to the James and Carolyn McAfee…
The San Antonio-based Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services went from relatively local to nationally renowned after it received more than $20 million in individual donations to help them reunite asylum-seeking families after somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 children…
No wonder so many white evangelicals are infatuated with and captivated by the authoritarian occupying the White House. It’s been a long time coming.
Mercer University has replaced the dean of the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology after two years on the job. Mercer President William D. Underwood said in an e-mail to McAfee’s board of visitors that Jeffrey Willetts, dean since…
There was plenty of outrage to go around in mid-June when news of President Trump’s zero-tolerance policy broke across the nation and the world. Non-stop images of infants, toddlers and other youth being ripped from their loved ones’ arms generated…
Thankfully, every epoch sifts its ideas, institutions and theological claims. Renewal movements erupt because God’s Spirit will not be quenched.
In American Christianity the broken bones of individual and collective division desperately need resetting.
The biblical stories remind us that our lies, cover-ups, excuses and foot-dragging do not make the national blight of sexual misconduct go away.
Chaplains Sarah Greenfield and Alan Rogers share a rare bond that encompasses God and country as it transcends family and vocation. Commander Rogers and Lieutenant Junior Grade Greenfield are father and daughter, both commissioned as officers by the U.S. Navy…
