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British Baptists seek middle ground on same-sex marriage

A group of ministers and scholars issued a statement Dec. 5 asking Baptist churches in the United Kingdom to find “the courage to be Baptist” in continuing to associate with fellow Baptists despite differing views on the thorny issue of…

Baptists around the world to celebrate human rights

Baptist churches around the world will focus worship services this weekend on the biblical demand to stand up for human rights. The Baptist World Alliance, an organization of 235 member bodies representing 45 million Baptists around the globe, sponsors Human…

2,000 years of Grinches

Hand-wringing over Christmas has been going on since the Christ child left the manger.

Israel refuses visa to theologian over boycott and divestment activism

Isabel Phiri, of the World Council of Churches, is the first foreigner denied entry specifically for involvement with the BDS movement.

Trump Administration will herald creationism and climate-change scepticism in schools, critics warn

Despite relatively few concrete policy decisions emerging from the president-elect’s camp, his appointments have raised fears about the future of science, technology and maths teaching.

Justice and joy combined in the words of Mary

Justice and joy are intertwined, not unlike the link between joy and pain. To love is to suffer, as the mystics remind us. Deeply acquainted with the recesses of the human heart, C. S. Lewis wrote: “Joy is distinct not…

With fear, everything becomes a potential weapon, even church bells

Under a covered patch of brick in our church parking lot there hangs an enormous bronze bell. It dates back to 1887 and hung in our spire until a structural engineer submitted a report back in the 1960s telling us…

Big-church solutions don’t solve small-church problems, experts say

A few years back, Dennis Atwood was having a heck of a time getting his hands on a discipleship curriculum designed for small or even mid-sized congregations. Most of what he found was tailored to churches much larger than the…

Controversial child welfare measure stripped from health reform bill

A network of Baptist children’s homes in North Carolina is receiving credit for derailing sweeping reform of the child welfare system stripped from a larger bill that funds medical research, speeds up the approval process for drugs and devices at…

At Liberty University, all sins are forgiven on the altar of football

There was grand news out of Lynchburg, Va., last week: Liberty University announced that it had hired Ian McCaw, a “godly man of excellent character,” as its athletic director.

Georgia Baptists urge crackdown on illegal immigration

Southern Baptists in Georgia urged government leaders to crack down on illegal immigration in a resolution during the recent annual gathering of the Georgia Baptist Convention. Messengers to the Nov. 14-15 convention gathered in Savannah, Ga., approved a statement recommended…

Crosses symbolize determination

The crosses on our church lawn not only speak to the life-aborting tragedy of murder, but also to the conditions which goad a human being to choose this irreversible option.

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church