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Key witness in Michigan State abuse scandal alleges double standard in evangelical church

The first woman to go public with allegations of sexual abuse by Larry Nassar, the former sports medicine doctor at Michigan State University, says the laudatory public reaction to her story would have been different if it had happened at church.

Transitions for the week of 02.02.18

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Ronnie Hayes, to Oak Grove Baptist Church, Boone, N.C., as pastor. Previously he was interim pastor there. Jeremy…

TV news career prepared pastor for hectic ministry life

The directors of television newscasts lead intense, even frantic professional lives. They work long, caffeinated hours weaving together the up-to-the-minute contributions of producers, photographers and anchors into — they hope — coherent broadcasts. It’s much the same as shepherding a congregation, says Erica Van Brakle, a veteran of TV news production-turned-American Baptist pastor.

Not everyone in your community will resonate with your church. That’s OK.

How boldly and confidently are you being the church God is calling you to be, living into your Christian vocation as a congregation?

Catholic Worker houses remain a place for protest and the poor

As a movement, it’s anarchic and not formulaic. Each community has its own structure and rules, and ever since Dorothy Day died in 1980, it’s been leaderless. It’s also pretty fringe, as religious movements go. But that might be about to change.

In the U.S., are Christians really different from secular culture?

In America, it seems that the prophetic tradition is in a crisis. How does it differ from the tradition of order? Indeed, it seems that the only tradition in America is that of order, and if there is a prophetic tradition, it seems that it is not easily and clearly distinguishable from the tradition of order.

Church seeks information about sexual history of teen rape victim

A Southern Baptist church sued in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl at a church camp in Oklahoma is asking a judge for permission to question the victim about her sexual history prior to the attack.

Of all topics, why did John Piper choose to focus on the propriety of women teaching men?

All of life is subject to theological reflection, but we should discern carefully what garners our attention. Choosing to reflect on how women should be controlled rather than on current events that are life and death for many persons in the United States is unwise and unfruitful.

Franklin Graham asserts that Trump could be toppled in a coup

Evangelist Franklin Graham accused enemies of President Donald Trump of using the media to attempt to take over the country by bloodless coup in a recent radio interview.

Lucky the Jews didn’t understand what Mike Pence was really saying

His speech actually repudiated Jewish tradition, echoed tropes used to persecute Jews, and cast them as a mere tools for the salvation of Christians.

Book explores why millions of Americans believe God made Trump president

There will be no point at which Trump’s most loyal evangelical and charismatic supporters declare they have had enough. Because to do so would be to admit that they were wrong, that God wasn’t behind Trump’s election, and that their Holy Spirit radar might be on the fritz.

Paxton dodges ethics questions while claiming Talarico isn’t Christian

Restored Voices Collective gets GRACE report on former board member

‘CatsOnACouch’ influencer sues over First Amendment rights

Court finds Trump and Blanche conspired to create sham IRS lawsuit