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What does it mean to be resurrection people?

La versión en español está disponible aquí. Even though resurrection Sunday was some weeks ago, the liturgical calendar continues marking that Christians are in the season of Easter (Eastertide). For Christians like me, who were taught to celebrate the resurrection…

Personas de la resurrección

An English version is available here. Si bien el domingo de resurrección fue celebrado hace algunas semanas, el calendario litúrgico continúa marcando que la gente cristiana sigue viviendo en la temporada de la resurrección. Para las personas cristianas como yo,…

Laying on of hands? A lot of Americans do it, study says

A new study has found that nearly nine in 10 Americans have relied upon healing prayer at some point in their lives, praying for others even more than for themselves. “The most surprising finding is that more than a quarter…

Civil rights panel blasts new state religious liberty laws

The U.S. Civil Rights Commission has denounced new state “religious liberty” laws backed by Southern Baptist state conventions as a trend to use religion as an excuse to deny people their human rights. The independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising…

Faith groups work to mobilize ‘disability vote’

American Baptist Home Mission Societies has joined more than 100 organizations and individuals encouraging political candidates to address disability concerns. The Interfaith Disability Advocacy Coalition, a program of the American Association of People with Disabilities, is collecting signatures to an open…

Finding our way to a ‘good conversion’

No Christian conversion is exactly alike; each one is unique. This is certainly true of Saul’s conversion depicted by Luke in Acts 9. There are, however, some common elements. Saul was on his way to Damascus to arrest disciples of…

How can clergy achieve positive mental health?

A study has found that certain conditions correspond to both a lower likelihood of depression and anxiety and to higher levels of positive mental health. By promoting these, churches can help their clergy thrive.

When religious liberty demands cease to be legitimate

I think most Americans, even non-religious Americans, are on board with the idea of religious liberty — in the abstract. But like so many of the things we hold dear, what sounds great in theory becomes deeply complicated when the…

Pilgrimage making comeback — even with Baptists and unbelievers

Baptists and many other Protestant Christians are gradually embracing ancient physical practices that nurture spiritual growth. “I have a friend, a Baptist pastor, who makes his own prayer beads and I carry prayer beads in my pocket all the time,”…

C.J. Mahaney says churches should defend their pastors

Fresh off an invitation to speak at a major pastor’s conference that stirred up memories of an alleged child sex-abuse cover-up at his former church, Pastor C.J. Mahaney reminded members of Sovereign Grace Church in Louisville, Ky., of their biblical…

McAfee preaching professor returning to pulpit

Brett Younger, associate professor of preaching at Mercer’s University McAfee School of Theology, has been named senior pastor of the historic Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. Younger, 55, takes over June 1 as pastor of the Congregational church founded in…

Dirty money in the Appalachian church

Six years after a deadly coal mine disaster, where are we now?

How much is enough?

Robert Sloan, Baptist educator, dies at 77

What patriotism is not

Amid flurry of rulings, habeas corpus spells trouble for Trump immigration policies