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The pay gap is worse for pastor-moms

Even in the church, where marriage and families are celebrated—and, in many traditions, expected—female pastors are paid disproportionally smaller salaries if they’re married with kids, according to research published last month in the journal “Sociology of Religion.”

Gene editing: Gateway to Promised Land, or key to Pandora’s box?

News that scientists for the first time successfully edited genes in human embryos created a stir this week.

Humility, kindness and welcome: Hard but biblical callings

Consistently in this country and throughout Christian history, we remember the legacy of the stranger, the heroic actions of the unwanted, the new insights and contributions of the disregarded and even despised.

Climate change is a gospel issue. It’s time Christians acknowledged it

There are many definitions of injustice, but “suffering the consequences of someone else’s actions” is a good one. Unfortunately, climate change is the epitome of this injustice. The countries most responsible for climate change will not be the countries who…

Former SBC ethics czar revels in access to Trump White House

Despite serving a quarter century as the Southern Baptist Convention’s point man on public policy, Southern Evangelical Seminary President Richard Land says he never had the White House’s ear the way he does now as a member of President Donald…

God’s freedom and ours: 10 points for thinking about Calvinism

The Christian consensus from the time of the Second Council of Orange in 529 A.D. has been that human willing and divine sustaining are not at odds, but are compatible with one another.

Christians are more than twice as likely to blame a person’s poverty on lack of effort

Which is generally more often to blame if a person is poor: lack of effort on their own part, or difficult circumstances beyond their control?

How white supremacy afflicts U.S. notions about equality

The New York Times has exposed a new initiative of the U.S. Justice Department. At the apparent behest of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Justice Department is recruiting and intends to hire lawyers to investigate whether affirmative action programs in…

Seth Meyers’ breakdown of trump’s spirituality will make you cringe

Despite President Donald Trump’s attempts to pass as a pious Christian, late night host Seth Meyers is not convinced. Read also: Pastor says Trump ‘true friend’ to evangelicals Joshua vs Jesus: Why white evangelicals love Donald Trump Evangelicals should be deeply troubled…

Livingstone feels God called her to Baylor presidency

Linda Livingstone accepted the post as Baylor University’s president when the school faced multiple investigations regarding its handling of sexual abuse complaints for one simple reason: She felt God called her to the position. Read also: Livingstone named 15th Baylor…

Transitions for the week of 08.04.17

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Debbie Bennett-Reynolds, to First Baptist Church, Ithaca, N.Y., as pastor, effective Sept. 1. Kevin Bumgarner, concluding his tenure…

Pastor says not all Baptists support ‘bathroom bill’

A Texas Baptist pastor joined interfaith clergy in a rally outside the state Capitol Aug. 1 challenging the narrative that the faith community as a whole supports proposed legislation to require transgender people to use public bathrooms that match the…

Lindsey Graham spoke at Baptist church a week before his death

When leaders know better but choose a different path

On the death of Lindsey Graham

Farewell, Three Amigos