Carlson calls for Huckabee’s removal for not defending congressman

Tucker Carlson is calling for Mike Huckabee to be fired as U.S. ambassador to Israel, after Huckabee did not defend a U.S. Congressman violently detained by Israeli settlers. This is the second event in a few days where Israeli settlers...

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Skin tax

What does it cost in America if your skin isn’t white? In 1996, I was a summer missionary in the Philippines. I had no idea how much that summer would change my life. One night my partner and I stayed…

Faith groups back payday lending reform

A diverse collection of denominational and faith-based organizations are calling on Congress to prohibit usury and end predatory practices of payday lending. While marketed as short-term loans of two to four weeks to get over a financial emergency, the faith…

Battle over LGBT discrimination hits Charlotte

Southern Baptists in North Carolina are upset by a proposed non-discrimination measure they say endangers women and children and could force business owners to support same-sex marriage against their religion. The city council in Charlotte N.C., will vote Feb. 22…

Transitions 02.05.16

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Richard Buerkle, to First Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tenn., as minister of music and worship. He comes from Memorial…

Ministers preaching humor for Christians, churches

Laughter, fun are signs of a healthy congregation that celebrates the joy and hope of the Christian story, Baptist pastors say. A few years back, after Erin Conaway preached his first sermon as associate pastor at South Main Baptist Church…

A church for those who wander

Congregations that fail to care deeply for those who have wandered have missed something essential to their reason for being. The book of James closes with a most interesting assertion: “My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from…

Why Lent doesn’t have to be ‘another self help routine’

Bernie Sanders supported religious liberty in menorah dispute

Larycia Hawkins, Wheaton College offer gratitude, move on

Scholars to debate divinity of Jesus at Southern Baptist seminary

Orlando Baptist pastor resigns after former member sues church

Politics in the pulpit: One pastor’s approach

Election years can be volatile, unpredictable, and filled with heated political rhetoric. And these days, it is not unusual for prominent pastors and local clergy to join the fray of bombastic oratory. While I do not think pastors should…