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NCC asks US to lift quota on refugees

By Bob Allen The National Council of Churches, an ecumenical gathering of 37 member communions representing 45 million Americans, joined a call Sept. 14 urging President Obama to increase Syrian refugee resettlement in the United States. The NCC endorsed a…

At least 107 killed by falling crane at Grand Mosque in Mecca

Pope Francis’ American crusade

Should Mormons be considered fellow Christians?

Cuba pardons 3,522 prisoners days before Pope Francis’ visit

Film review: ’90 Minutes in Heaven’

The power of a pamphlet

By Elijah Zehyoue Recently, I was in Colonial Williamsburg with the Baptist Joint Committee on Religious Liberty Inaugural Fellows Program. As a BJC Fellow, we got to spend the week learning about early America, religious liberty and, of course, Baptist…

Spiritual Treasures: An ancient-modern church in a foreign land

The landmarks in Georgia are their historic houses of worship. Traveling east, west, north or south in the country — which is a little smaller than the state of South Carolina — one finds highways littered with signs indicating the…

Balking at Hawking’s rejection of God

Although it was a temptation, I resisted titling this article “Gawking at Hawking.” June and I have, though, been ” gawking ” at Hawking some this past couple of weeks. We first watched “The Theory of Everything,” the engrossing 2014…

Using urban church planting to engage unreached groups

By Brian Kaylor When East St. Louis is mentioned on the news, the focus usually remains on the crime rate and its status as one of the deadliest cities in the nation. However, when Kempton Turner walks around the Illinois…

Global Women taps new leader

By Bob Allen Stacy K. Blackmon, a 10-year veteran communicator, strategist and ministry leader, has been selected as the third executive director of Global Women, an ecumenical women’s missions organization with moderate Baptist ties. Blackmon, who most recently worked as…

Christian Index to cease print publication

By Bob Allen A Georgia Baptist newspaper that lays claim to being the nation’s oldest continuously published religious periodical will no longer appear in print after Dec. 31. Gerald Harris, 31st editor of the 193-year-old Christian Index, announced in an editorial…

Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts