Messengers to next week’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting who arrive in Orlando by plane will be greeted by a surprising billboard on their drive from the airport to the convention center. Baptist Women in Ministry has purchased space on...
There are few things more characteristic of the Trump regime than cruelty, often gratuitous cruelty. It is the human face of evil in one of its most repellent forms. Susan Nieman, in her masterful work Evil In Modern Thought: An…
The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States spiked to nearly 14 million just more than a year before President Donald Trump returned to office and launched his aggressive detention and deportation campaign. The population of unauthorized residents increased…
After saying he proudly voted for Donald Trump three times, the COO of the National Hispanic Evangelical Leadership Conference told a group of faith leaders Oct. 22 he was unaware Trump’s ICE agents had been physically attacking pastors in Chicago….
President Donald Trump’s abrupt elimination of USAID already has caused 400,000 deaths globally and will cause 14 million deaths by 2030, according to the president of the hunger advocacy group Bread for the World. Eugene Cho joined Mark Hetfield, president…
The visual arts can connect gender, sexuality and spirituality and reshape attitudes about LGBTQ life and religion, scholar Justin Sabia-Tanis said during a lecture presented by the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists. “And this can in turn offer us…
“Can I be honest?” This is the question being asked by one of the most popular songs on Christian radio today — Leanna Crawford’s “Honest.” “Did I lose my faith? God, do I still trust you?” the lyrics ask. “Is…
New research shows most Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration and specifically oppose how federal agents are arresting and detaining undocumented immigrants. Almost six in 10 Americans (58%) agree that “Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers should not…
Stephen D. “Steve” Wood, the archbishop and senior-most official of the Anglican Church in North America, faces allegations of sexual misconduct, bullying and plagiarism, according to an investigation and “presentment” (formal church complaint) first reported by the Washington Post. The allegations…
When a mass shooter killed 11 people and wounded six at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Oct. 27, 2018, Eric Manning got on a plane in Charleston, S.C., and flew immediately to the scene. He knew Hazzan Jeffrey Myers…
Children and former associates of James Dobson honored the “pro-family” leader at an Oct. 4 memorial service in Denver that highlighted his roles as a father and man of deep faith rather than his political activism. Dobson’s ministry has released…
President Donald Trump’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias faces yet more litigation demanding the release of records related to the commission’s investigation of government agencies. Democracy Forward and Interfaith Alliance filed a lawsuit Oct. 22 to obtain documents from…
A significant majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump is leading the nation in the wrong direction and disagree with his handling of the economy, immigration and foreign policy, according to a new annual survey by Public Religion Research Institute….
