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...
In pioneering a doctrineless, moralized Christianity, Franklin was helping to develop one of the most common forms of spirituality in modern America.
Within a mile of University Baptist Church sits the largest community of Somali immigrants in the United States. Distinct in their hijabs and elegant robes, their lives can’t help but intersect ours. When a fire destroyed a mosque in the…
Recently I got to baptize a new member at our church. As we talked about faith and what the act of baptism represented, he shared with me that he hadn’t grown up in the Christian church, but that it was…
Donald Trump’s decision to negate the normalization of U.S.-Cuban relations may further American isolationism, but it will not sever the relationships between churches in the two countries. The “prophetic role of religious partnerships … will continue their fight for normalized…
President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, deteriorating relations with Mexico, and the arrests and deportations of immigrants — many from their own communities — strike at the heart of the Hispanic community.
The clash over differing conceptions of religious liberty and the idea of ‘a wall of separation’ was on full display in Monday’s Trinity Lutheran decision, and more cases are on the docket for next term.
Barber’s mix of piety and politics may just breathe new life and leadership into America’s political left.
Religious groups including the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, American Baptist Churches USA, Alliance of Baptists, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America and Progressive National Baptist Convention say the Senate replacement bill for Obamacare is bad news for people with…
Nearly 80 percent of the campaign goal will increase CBF’s endowments, which will help sustain CBF ministry for the next 25 years. Additional funds will support block grants to the Fellowship’s 18 state and regional organizations for ministry in their…
The data signals a significant departure from the overarching views of the evangelical community among younger generations.
Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis, took a leave of absence as the Vatican’s financial chief Thursday to fight criminal charges in his native Australia that alleged he committed sexual assault years ago.
Cooperative Baptists who identify as LGBTQ and their allies said the time is now for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to drop its policy against hiring staff or missionaries who are openly gay on the eve of the June 28-30 CBF…
