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Infant mortality rates higher in areas dominated by conservative Protestants, study says

Conservative Christians may not be as pro-life as they believe. Newly published research has found that American counties with higher proportions of conservative and fundamentalist Protestants experience higher rates of infant mortality. The study, “Religion and Infant Mortality in the…

Yes, the Bible teaches social justice

The words “justice” and “social justice” have long drawn the ire of segments of American Christianity, particularly white evangelical leaders. They have consistently said that it is unbiblical, un-Christian, and yes, un-American. Baptist News Global reported on May 18 that…

Lawyer counters ‘misrepresentation and misinformation’ about seminary president’s firing

The lawyer for former Southwestern Baptist Theological President Paige Patterson says his client did not get a fair hearing before his May 30 firing by the school’s trustees. Fort Worth attorney Shelby Sharpe issued a statement June 4 addressing what…

SBC’s #MeToo Problem Isn’t a Rotten Apple, It’s a Rotten Theological Tree

While abuse exists in all circles and all faiths, there is a unique theological problem that creates a culture of apology for abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention.

Supreme Court hands partial win to Christian baker who refused gay wedding request

A divided U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a decision about whether the Constitution permits bakers, florists and other business owners with religious objections to same-sex marriage to refuse commercial wedding services to gay couples in a June 4 ruling siding with…

Grief: ever-present but perhaps someday … beautiful?

Grief is simultaneously a raw, hurt-filled terrain of the heart, and, as the calendar pages flip, its occasional infliction of breath-sucking pain becomes the only tangible connection you have to the one you’ve lost. This is neither good nor bad, as my spiritual director would say. It just is.

iPhone or Incarnation? It’s hard to engage both.

iPhone or Incarnation? It’s hard to engage both.
Consider doing something radical: put down your smartphone and be truly present with another human being.

A moral crisis grips the US border. Yet the religious right is shamefully silent

The Christian right is allowing Trump to escape responsibility for the immoral policy of separating children from their parents. Have they no shame?

The sacredness of doubt (It can lead to a beautiful God.)

I hope more Christians will see that the boxes in which they have confined God are way too small to inspire an expansive and gracious vision that would motivate and empower them to love others the way God “so loves the world.”

Unconventional Silicon Valley Baptist minister explains radical faith that inspired explicit, anti-elitist tweets

Gregory Stevens isn’t your run-of-the-mill Baptist minister. “A quick note,” he said in a recent email to Baptist News Global. “I prefer to use ‘Gxd’ or ‘Gxddess’ when writing God to represent trans, feminist, queer, and gender-bending struggles.” He also…

Bishop Michael Curry walks a fine line in the political fray

While his ascendancy has coincided with a surge of activism against the Trump administration by religious liberals, questions remain as to whether Curry will use his newfound global influence to bolster their cause, pursue a broader audience or both.

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church