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State convention ‘saddened and disappointed’ by claims of former exec

Officials of a regional association of Southern Baptists disputed the account of a former executive director who claims he was fired because of interference by the denomination’s North American Mission Board. Shannon Baker, director of communications for the Baptist Convention…

Mohler cites CBF in veto of anti-LGBT ‘religious liberty’ bill

A Southern Baptist seminary president says theology played a role in Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal’s decision to veto a measure that would have discriminated against the state’s LGBT community. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.,…

Practicing resurrection with a new vocabulary

It is a well-known line from Wendell Berry’s Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front: “Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.” I have been thinking about this enigmatic statement as…

In most faiths, especially Christianity, women are more faithful than men

One of many paradoxical things about religion is that its founders, administrators and gate-keepers have generally, with important exceptions, been men. But its most loyal practitioners, including and perhaps especially in times of adversity, have been women.

Embattled Alabama governor no longer member of Southern Baptist church

The governor of Alabama is no longer a member of First Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa after allegations he had an inappropriate relationship with a female adviser, also a member of the church. “While church discipline is a church family matter,…

No explanations needed inside the church

Some years ago I had the opportunity to visit the Holy Land with a large tour group. We spent two weeks traveling around Israel and Palestine but spent most of our time in and around Jerusalem. One of the most…

New home means new life for woman rescued by Texas ministry

Plastic dishes hang neatly in the kitchen counter’s drying rack. Paw-shaped mud stains adorn the concrete driveway. The Disney Channel projects from the corner television. For many people, this is merely the humdrum of everyday life, but for Tiffany Willie these…

Why Crux‘s Knights of Columbus ‘partnership’ is problematic

The Knights have not remained politically neutral, and have often worked against separation of church and state. More recently, it made million-dollar plus contributions to overturn marriage equality in California, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.

Denying grief over ‘sting of death’ brings its own sting, say ministers

Seasoned pastors with hundreds of funerals under their belts have seen the rites go from one extreme to another over the past three or four decades. “Growing up, almost every funeral was morbid, with open caskets and everything from the pulpit…

Baptist group protests North Carolina transgender law

Alliance of Baptists President Michael Castle said March 25 he will ask the leaders at the progressive fellowship’s upcoming annual gathering to consider moving the 2017 annual meeting away from North Carolina in light of a new state law that…

Anti-hate group scrutinizes SBC resolutions committee

The Southern Poverty Law Center questioned Southern Baptist Convention leadership for naming to a resolutions committee at the upcoming SBC annual meeting representatives of organizations the civil rights organization identifies as hate groups. The nonprofit legal advocacy organization — which began…

Georgia governor vetoes anti-LGBT ‘religious liberty’ bill

Georgia’s Baptist governor announced March 28 he would veto a controversial “religious freedom” bill that opponents said would foster LGBT discrimination. Gov. Nathan Deal, a member of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-aligned First Baptist Church in Gainesville, Ga., said he had no…

Lindsey Graham spoke at Baptist church a week before his death

When leaders know better but choose a different path

On the death of Lindsey Graham

Farewell, Three Amigos