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Transitions for the week of 03.23.18

Staff changes, congregational news and more from across the nation.

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Stand for hope, peace and freedom from racism at April rally

April 3-5 is just the start of a multi-year emphasis by the National Council of Churches and its partners, including the Alliance of Baptists, to address systemic racism. It is a beginning. A rallying point. A clarion call to change.

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill requiring public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ motto

A bill requiring Tennessee schools to prominently display the national “In God We Trust” motto is headed to the governor for his signature.

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CBF church finds ‘unexpected community’ at trailer park

Calling it a ministry might underestimate what’s happening at Chestnut Grounds. By listening and following, Nikki and Chris have become non-resident members of the trailer park. They’ve found community in an unexpected place. Perhaps it is only in unexpected places that community becomes beloved community.

UPDATED: N.C. church involved in immigration dispute withholds funding to protest CBF hiring practice

A North Carolina church noted for its involvement in an immigration dispute has voted to withhold funds from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship as long as the 1,800-church organization continues to discriminate in employment based on sexual orientation.

Andy Savage resigns from Highpoint Church following investigation

The Memphis megachurch announced the resignation Tuesday, saying that “the leadership team at Highpoint Church agrees that Andy’s resignation is appropriate.” It is the first time the church leadership has termed the encounter involving Savage as “abuse.”

What we can learn from Chance the Rapper

When and where am I speaking boldly and prophetically about faith and justice, pushing the world around me to fully examine its complicity in maintaining systems of power and privilege that do repeated harm to bodies and psyches unable to protect themselves?

It’s a small world after all … and we need to survive together

The truth of the matter is that we human beings are stuck in this small world that we have to share in order to survive. How can we do it successfully?

Es un mundo pequeño después de todo … y necesitamos sobrevivir en conjunto

La verdad es que, como seres humanos, todas las personas del mundo estamos realmente atrapadas en este pequeño mundo que tenemos que compartir para poder sobrevivir. ¿Cómo podemos hacerlo con éxito?

John Piper blames abuse of women on ‘egalitarian myth’

Evangelical author John Piper says an “egalitarian myth” that men and women are defined by their “competencies” rather than gender role is partly to blame for the #MeToo revolt against sexual abuse by powerful men.

If character is ‘irrelevant’ in politics, eventually the Church will be, too

It is a confusing time, but one thing is crystal clear to me: if committing an adulterous affair with a porn star, if that kind of morality and that kind of character is “completely irrelevant” to a Church that has always said exactly the opposite, there is another thing that will be “completely irrelevant” to today’s culture — and that is, sadly, the Church.

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war

Transitions for the week of 03.23.18

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill requiring public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ motto

UPDATED: N.C. church involved in immigration dispute withholds funding to protest CBF hiring practice

Andy Savage resigns from Highpoint Church following investigation

What we can learn from Chance the Rapper

It’s a small world after all … and we need to survive together

Es un mundo pequeño después de todo … y necesitamos sobrevivir en conjunto

John Piper blames abuse of women on ‘egalitarian myth’

If character is ‘irrelevant’ in politics, eventually the Church will be, too

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass

BWA Leader Transitions to Full-Time Role with BWA Women

The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test

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Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war

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