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Las redes sociales y la comunión de los santos/as

An English version is available here. El primer fin de semana de noviembre muchas iglesias observarán el domingo memorial (Memorial Sunday), un día para recordar y celebrar a aquellas personas que nos han precedido. Este hecho me llevó a reflexionar…

Church-based recreation facilities and programs increasing

Being healthy is a requirement for Christians who see their bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit. But there is an additional, more down-to-earth, motivation for connecting faith and fitness, says Matt Rollins, minister of spiritual formation and outreach at…

BWA lauds German church for denouncing Martin Luther’s anti-Semitism

The leader of the Baptist World Alliance has lauded the Evangelical Church in Germany for its courageous stance in sustaining and nurturing the Christian faith in the European nation that gave birth to the Reformation — and for denouncing the anti-Semitism of…

The Religious Right’s power grab: How outside activists became inside operatives

Trump’s conservative Christian critics have lamented that fellow believers were sacrificing values and principles to support him. But they have also expressed regret that the Christian capitulation to Trump exposes painful truths about the Religious Right’s quest for power.

The high cost of popular evangelical Jen Hatmaker’s gay marriage comments

The backlash to both Hatmaker’s comments and to LifeWay’s decision reveals growing rancor in evangelical circles over same-sex relationships.

When telling the truth is painful — and affirming

So here’s how last week went down for me. It actually all began almost two weeks ago when I was sitting in an airport about a 12-hour plane ride away from home. The final presidential debate wasn’t on TV anywhere,…

Putting the common in good

It seems clear to me that biblical texts reflect varying degrees of inspiration. Some texts simply perpetuate the status quo, even offering justifications for national exceptionalism, violence and the stratification of society. It’s difficult to find any positive benefit from…

Clergy from across U.S. to stand in solidarity with indigenous ‘water protectors’ at Standing Rock

More than 350 clergy from across the nation have said they will stand with the “water protectors” blocking construction of an oil pipeline adjacent to the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota during a “unified action” Nov. 3. John Floberg,…

High (tech) priest

Baptists are well known for our belief in the priesthood of all believers. This is a deep seated conviction that individuals do not need another person to intervene between the human and divine. Every human has the capacity and responsibility…

The new Evangelical moral minority

If the Southern Baptist church can’t be bigger, Russell Moore wants it to be better.

What’s scarier than a haunted house? At Judgement House, it’s eternal damnation.

A Halloween-time feature at evangelical churches all over the country, Judgement House aims to spook visitors as other haunted houses do during this time of year. But Judgement House aims to scare people for the sake of heaven.

Baptist pastor defends Muslim friends

A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship pastor in Oklahoma defended two imam friends accused by a state legislator of being terrorists. Rep. John Bennett (R-Sallisaw) said at a state Capitol hearing last week that Muslim groups operating in Oklahoma and across the…

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