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Missing person case strains family of Missouri Baptist lobbyist

A two-year-old missing person case is taking a toll on the family of a Missouri Baptist lobbyist amid release of new information about the disappearance of 52-year-old Lynn Messer from the family farm in the early morning hours of July 8,…

New GOP platform aims to make the Christian Right even more powerful

Among the new GOP platform’s highlights is a proposal to repeal a 50-year-old tax law that prohibits churches and other tax-exempt organizations from political organizing.

The ‘Garden of Eden’ becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Iraq’s marshlands, which lie in the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, are believed to be the inspiration for the Bible’s Garden of Eden.

Grounded enough to notice when Jesus shows up

I love the city. I first fell in love with metropolitan life as a 20-something pastor in San Francisco. Now, years later, while I still retreat to the mountains or desert or ocean for some extra peace and inspiration, “urban”…

‘Old’ is just a new word

I was recently hit by a trio of insults regarding my age. Let me just say that for the purposes of this column, you don’t need to know how old I am. It is none of your business. (OK, if…

Texans continue rebuilding from last year’s natural disasters

As Garry Schaffer monitored the quickly approaching storm on his computer, he soon realized he needed to go downstairs to get his wife, Kan, and seek safety in a closet. The couple had enjoyed a nice Christmas the day before…

Megachurch pastor’s firing illustrates challenges posed by addiction

It’s never easy being a pastor. And it becomes even harder when addiction is present. That’s what Perry Noble discovered after battling alcohol abuse the past year. He was terminated by NewSpring Church in South Carolina on July 1, Christianity…

The mega-problem behind the ‘falls’ of megachurch pastors

Let’s be really honest with each other, were you really shocked that this happened?

United Methodist Church elects first openly gay bishop, in defiance of church rules

Karen Oliveto, senior pastor of Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, was elected bishop of the church’s Western Division at a conference Friday night in Scottsdale, Arizona.

‘God break racism!’ Evangelicals on D.C. Mall pray for hope and reconciliation

Rappers and pastors, spoken word poets and authors appealed to thousands of evangelicals gathered around the Washington Monument to recommit to prayer and hope at a time of intense racial and political polarization.

Former SBC leader criticizes Black Lives Matter

A former Southern Baptist Convention leader and public-policy spokesman says President Obama or some other national figure should seize a “Sister Souljah moment” and rebuke anti-police rhetoric within the Black Lives Matter movement. After deadly attacks on police officers in…

Nonviolence and a different future with God

“Deliver us from evil.” Most Sundays we pray these words, but rarely do they sound the resonance we hear in these anarchic days. Evil seems unrelenting, incapable of exhausting its ravenous power. Who can withstand its voracious appetite for destruction?

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