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Transitions for the week of 10.07.16

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Leonard Ezell, to Broadmoor Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, La., as pastor, effective Nov. 1. He comes from the…

Despite Mike Pence, most evangelical pastors are not ready to vote Trump

Almost half remain undecided, with pastors split over which candidate characteristic is most important.

CBF inks partnership with African-American denomination

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship announced a new partnership Oct. 5 with the National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc., seeking to build new bridges between predominantly black and white Baptist churches in the United States. CBF Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter…

At home in a foreign land

Last Sunday I taught a class at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., the second of a two-part conversation entitled, “Retelling the Jesus Story in a Post-Modern, Pluralistic, Post-Protestant-Privileged World: Who’s Listening?”The topic, sent in weeks earlier, was of…

Ozarks native gave up architecture dream to build pastors

As a young man, Robert L. “Bob” Perry wanted to be an architect, but believed his Ozark upbringing made that dream impossible. Instead, his Ozark qualities have made him an architect of innovation for church leaders and a promoter of…

Peace group urges white involvement in support for black lives

Leaders of a historically white Baptist peacemaking group are calling on white members to stand in solidarity with African Americans in condemning police violence against people of color in the United States. Board members of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of…

Former SBC officer says he and Alan Keyes — not Hillary Clinton — started the ‘birther’ claim

A former Southern Baptist Convention officer who ran as a fringe-party candidate for U.S. vice president in 2008 is disputing presidential candidate Donald Trump’s allegation that the so-called birther movement was started by supporters of Hillary Clinton. Wiley Drake, pastor…

Why believing in miracles could be hazardous to your health

There are many moments — the loss of a job, finding out you have cancer, a child’s walk home from school in a dangerous neighborhood — when faith in a loving God watching over you can provide comfort and hope, several…

Henri Nouwen’s intimate letters shed light on his ‘theology of the heart’

In the two decades since his death from a heart attack at age 64, Henri Nouwen’s popularity and influence have spawned at least five biographies. His reflections on faith, loneliness, vulnerability, love, prayer, social justice and sexuality have won over…

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

Transitions for the week of 10.07.16

Despite Mike Pence, most evangelical pastors are not ready to vote Trump

CBF inks partnership with African-American denomination

At home in a foreign land

Ozarks native gave up architecture dream to build pastors

Peace group urges white involvement in support for black lives

Former SBC officer says he and Alan Keyes — not Hillary Clinton — started the ‘birther’ claim

Why believing in miracles could be hazardous to your health

Henri Nouwen’s intimate letters shed light on his ‘theology of the heart’

¿Una mujer para presidenta? Mujeres, liderazgo y la biblia

From Augustine to Jefferson, the idea of separating church and state has deep religious and secular roots

Defying pope and facing excommunication, SSPX consecrates bishops at huge outdoor Mass

BWA Leader Transitions to Full-Time Role with BWA Women

The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test

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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