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Georgia Baptist spokesman criticized for Hitler comparison

Republican legislators took offense when a Georgia Baptist Convention official compared them to Hitler for failing to move forward with a bill intended to bolster religious freedom protections. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quoted Republican House members blasting Mike Griffin, senior pastor…

The most racist places in America, according to Google

A new study identifies the most racist places in the United States, based on a novel approach: Google searches of the N-word.

‘Pilgrim’ identity is Baptists’ gift to the larger church, new book asserts

Baptists tend to be the “problem children” of the ecumenical movement but have gifts both to give and receive from the broader Christian community, a Baptist theologian who teaches in the school of divinity at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs,…

New transitions this week

Our latest roundup of clergy and staff transitions, and other items of interest, around the country.

‘Religious liberty’ has replaced ‘gay marriage’ in GOP talking points

References to religious liberty are more prominent than those to gay marriage in this year’s GOP campaigns. But is “religious liberty” simply code for same-gender marriage?

The evangelicals?

“I love the evangelicals,” presidential candidate Donald Trump declares in rallies across the country, “and the evangelicals love me.” So the billionaire builder lauds his self-identified “evangelical” supporters, as he cusses his way to the Oval Office, scorning Muslims and…

LGBT groups seek NCAA sanctions for schools that discriminate

More than 80 LGBT sports, religious and youth advocacy groups have signed on to a public letter calling on the NCAA to divest from schools requesting religious exemptions from Title IX regulations that would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or…

‘Religious liberty’ bill passes Missouri Senate

A proposal to add religious liberty protections to the Missouri constitution engineered with leadership from the state’s Southern Baptists has passed the state Senate, despite a 39-hour filibuster by Democrats who say it discriminates against gays and lesbians. Senate Republicans…

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

Georgia Baptist spokesman criticized for Hitler comparison

The most racist places in America, according to Google

‘Pilgrim’ identity is Baptists’ gift to the larger church, new book asserts

New transitions this week

‘Religious liberty’ has replaced ‘gay marriage’ in GOP talking points

The evangelicals?

LGBT groups seek NCAA sanctions for schools that discriminate

‘Religious liberty’ bill passes Missouri Senate

Springsteen and Lent: ‘We Are Alive’

Guns in the pulpit

As U.S. holds world record for imprisonment, churches increase prison ministries

Is God worth the wait?

After US Aid Cuts, the Sick Wonder Who Will Visit Them

Inside a Christian mother’s fight against ICE activity in Chicagocu

Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible

The Denomination That’s Half Evangelical, Half Black Protestant — And somehow holding together

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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