James Talarico isn’t the only Democratic candidate making faith a calling card of his campaign this year. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed will face Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Aug. 4. In a fundraising letter this week,...
The ability of the Democratic vice presidential nominee, a Catholic, to speak openly about his personal opposition to abortion while respecting a woman’s right to choose could be a model for other politicians, says abortion rights activists.
The regents’ longstanding and lamentable flaw — their predisposition toward secrecy — will prolong Baylor’s agony.
The lawsuit contends that using tax dollars to help Modest Miles Ministries Inc. prepare for the National Baptist Convention USA Inc. would unconstitutionally advance a religious purpose.
Faith is more evident — and accepted — at the party’s grass roots than in the treetops where power brokers call the shots. Did Wednesday night’s God-inflected speeches signal a change?
Recently, someone who presents himself as “religiously unaffiliated” asked: “Aren’t you evangelicals really just the Republican Party at prayer?” We are good friends, so I responded: “Who’s ‘you evangelicals,’ you none?” For those readers who don’t have cable TV or…
First off, let me say how honored I am to finally be your candidate. Truthfully, I’ve been eyeing this position for years. In fact, my lifelong goal has been to become your pastor. As Paul says, “I’ve kept my eye…
The experience of guiding churches through challenges and change feels a lot like helping individuals through the same process, say consultants.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES David and Judy Bailey, to Oakland Baptist Church, Gum Spring, Va., as interim pastors. Shana Bailey, to First…
Baptists and Catholics will launch a third round of theological conversations in 2017, the Baptist World Alliance has reported. The announcement followed talks between the BWA and the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Most Americans are put off by the idea of using science to “enhance” human abilities — and these attitudes are strongly connected with people’s religiosity.
Funneling taxpayer funds to religious schools through a voucher program compromises religious liberty, according to a brief filed at the Nevada Supreme Court and joined by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.
A fourth woman has joined a federal Title IX lawsuit against Baylor University, asserting she was gang-raped by some Baylor Bears football players in 2011.
