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How Roy Moore tested white evangelical allegiance to the Republican Party

Roy Moore’s failed run tested white evangelicals’ allegiance to the Republican Party. Would they vote for a candidate who shares their conservative views even though he was accused of sexual misconduct? Preliminary exit polls suggest they did just that.

Lawyer who is suing prominent SBC leaders describes ‘Vatican light’ system for enabling abuse

Paul Pressler and Paige Patterson, key figures in a reorientation of the Southern Baptist Convention in the last century, have been named in a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages for a man claiming physical and spiritual harm resulting from a period of Baptist history often called the “Conservative Resurgence.”

A Christmas play with a twist

As preachers and stories go, we tend to pick them up all over and sometimes forget where we got them. I can’t recall the source, but one of my favorite Christmas stories is about a little church that traditionally had…

On election day, an Alabama Baptist church stands apart

Many Baptist churches — Alabama’s largest denomination — do good works around the city. But Baptist Church of the Covenant is different.

A downtown church forges a new path when it decides to tear down two decaying buildings

First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., hopes a smaller footprint will allow the church to redefine its mission and identity while saving its historic sanctuary.

More white men choosing guns over God and church, survey finds

Guns and their inherent power restore in some people a sense of control stripped away by the economic consequences of globalism, say the authors of a new study.

Liberal Christianity and the scandal of incarnation

The central claim of our faith is: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.” Don’t let the poetic familiarity of the language fool you, this is an audacious claim. Christians believe that God looks and loves like Jesus.

Why Trump’s evangelical supporters welcome his move on Jerusalem

The nation of Israel and the role of the city of Jerusalem are central in the “end-times” theology — a form of what is known as “pre-millennialism” — embraced by many American conservative Protestants.

A mind-bending translation of the New Testament

David Bentley Hart’s text recaptures the awkward, multivoiced power of the original.

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BNG hosts dialogue about pastoral leadership in a politicized religious environment

A group of 35 pastors trekked to Boston in November for peer-to-peer conversations about challenges of leading congregations in today’s polarized political climate in an inaugural “Conversations That Matter” event sponsored by Baptist News Global. Moderate and progressive Baptist pastors…

Rough week for LGBTQ Christians, as a wedding cake takes center stage

It’s been a rough week for the nation’s LGBTQ Christians thanks to Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. And for some gay and lesbian Christians, it’s been too much.

Have Evangelicals forgotten the real meaning of Christmas?

Instead of giving up privilege as Christ did, many Evangelicals seek privilege and advantage over others at all costs. Do people who seek their own advantage at every turn — even sacrificing moral authority and prophetic witness for political power — know the meaning of the words, Merry Christmas?

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