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Taxpayer-funded By Dawn’s Early Light woos Trump’s evangelical base

Democratic presidents have targeted Christians and attacked religious freedom for decades, but President Donald Trump is making everything right, claims By Dawn’s Early Light, a taxpayer-funded movie starring Trump administration officials that praises the president’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian...

How America’s demographic revolution reached the church

A congregation tries to help a Syrian family settle in the US

Thankful for praying communities

By Nora O. Lozano La versión en español está disponible aquí. As we approach Thanksgiving, Christmas and the end of the year, I normally start reflecting on the year and the major events that happened. This year has brought its…

Agradecida por las comunidades de oración

Nora O. LozanoTraducido por Cristina Rodríguez Alejandro An English version is available here. A medida que nos acercamos al Día de Acción de Gracias, a Navidad y al fin de año, regularmente comienzo a reflexionar en el año y en…

Seminaries reluctantly selling their souls

By Brett Younger When I was 16, I inexplicably got a job as a mechanic. I was assigned to tires and batteries — the kindergarten of the automotive world. Even in the department in which I could do the least…

Thanksgiving thoughts

Thanksgiving Thoughts In the United States this Thursday, November 26 (2015) is a holiday called “Thanksgiving Day.” I won’t bore with the history except to say it commemorates the survival of the English settlers, usually called “Pilgrims,” of Plymouth Colony,…

We can make it on the broken pieces

By LeDayne McLeese Polaski It was hot in the church that steamy New Orleans night, but the members of the congregation were far more focused on the fact that this was their first revival since Hurricane Katrina — a significant…

‘Jesus was a refugee’: An irrelevant argument

The massive right-wing opposition to the U.S. receiving Syrian refugees is deplorable, and those speaking out in favor of showing compassion for such refugees are to be commended. It is also praiseworthy that many of the latter are Christians, even…

For surrogate mother, it’s all about making dreams reality

By Laurie Lattimore-Volkmann Though nothing we do compares to the love God showed by giving the world Jesus, opportunities abound to let Christian faith shine through the love shown to others, and when they arise, God asks us to take…

Booted pastor defends ‘nuanced’ view of LGBT inclusion

By Bob Allen A South Carolina Baptist pastor whose decision to officiate a same-sex wedding got his church kicked out of its local association and state convention says he is concerned about a culture within the Baptist faith that is…

Church building on site of SBC’s birth declared unsafe

By Bob Allen The birthplace of the Southern Baptist Convention in downtown Augusta, Ga., has been condemned for occupancy after a routine inspection, the Augusta Chronicle reported Nov. 23. The city inspection came amid reports that homeless people were sleeping…

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit