It is midnight. Not the kind of midnight measured by clocks. The kind that settles into your bones. The kind that lingers long after the sun has risen. We all know this midnight. It is the midnight of the marriage...
As a woman in ministry, I have followed safe church policies when working with children and youth. None of those policies protected me from inappropriate behavior, whether by church members or supervising ministers.
Staff changes, congregational news and more from across the nation.
The religious right wants to open up the spigots of government funding after natural disasters. But their ultimate goal is to secure more public funds for churches.
Used to be, it was the occasional apple or other healthy snack that ruined an otherwise perfect candy collection on Halloween night. But creationist Ken Ham has taken spoiling the holiday to a new level with “Halloween Learn & Share Kits” designed to scare children straight into the judging arms of Jesus.
A new lawsuit alleges that one of South Carolina’s largest and most respected Southern Baptist churches failed to report to police evidence of child sex abuse by a volunteer youth worker as required by law.
All the judgment parables in Matthew (as well as all the judgment texts in Mark and Luke) have to do with fruits — the consequences of our faith, rather than the content of our faith. Does that scare you? It shouldn’t.
Little attention has been paid to Scott Pruitt’s evangelical faith and how it shapes his decisions on the environment. Pruitt has not spoken publicly on the subject, but the views of religious leaders close to him could offer some clues.
What it means to live into particular religious identity in the midst of spiritual plurality.
An American Baptist leader says the United States is following President Donald Trump into moral bankruptcy by allowing his administration to pile up policies that punish the poor.
Many clergywomen have voiced their experiences of violation, often perpetrated by friends in seminary, senior pastors and judicatory leaders — many of whom were publicly affirming of women in ministry.
Me too, for noticing the silence of men during this campaign and refusing to hold them, and me, accountable for embracing muteness.
The reason why the words “me too” have the power to topple studio executives, empires, and lucrative franchises is because they are divinity incarnate.
