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With two leadership roles open, will SBC embrace a younger generation?

Wanted: Creative leaders who have a spine but are flexible enough to accommodate diverse opinions and changing political tides. Must be Southern Baptist. Only males need apply. With not-unexpected news of the resignation of Brent Leatherwood as president of the…

Trump admin says federal workers may proselytize

Federal workers are now free to preach and pray in the workplace and are even encouraged to proselytize colleagues while on the job, according to a new memo from the U.S. Office of Personnel and Management. “Employees may engage in…

Trump tries to criminalize homelessness

Claiming the nation is under threat from unhoused people, the Trump administration has announced “a new approach” to ending homelessness that includes expanded police powers and mass incarceration. “Shifting homeless individuals into long-term institutional settings for humane treatment through the…

The Dragonfly: Always reminding me God loves us

“There are dragonflies flying all around — and that matters to me.” I was texting with a new friend, someone who doesn’t know about the dragonflies I wear on my necklace or the ones that decorate my office or the…

Divides

Divides confront us daily. The digital divide, political divides, economic divides, class divides, educational divides. You can probably name some others. I still have cable TV. I’m not into streaming. Cable TV has commercials. Most mornings the Today Show is…

Leatherwood quits ERLC

The embattled president of the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Committee resigned July 31. Brent Leatherwood tendered his resignation with no apparent future employment lined up. He has been the lightning rod for criticism from the far right…

How a tribal religion of a tribal god is in charge in America

I am in a state of theological outrage. It has to do with how Donald Trump’s narrow escape from an assassin’s bullet has been used to claim divine intervention to save his life, a claim that no doubt aided his…

1,000 nonprofits protest loosening Johnson Amendment

More than 1,000 churches and nonprofits in 50 states have signed a letter protesting the Trump administration’s attempt to shield congregations from a law banning tax-exempt organizations from endorsing political candidates. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Billy Long agreed July 7…

In Kim Davis’ backyard, a Baptist church stays faithful

In 2015, the small Appalachian town of Morehead, Ky., became a national symbol of religious resistance to same-sex marriage. When County Clerk Kim Davis refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing her personal religious beliefs, the Rowan County…

What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear

With two leadership roles open, will SBC embrace a younger generation?

Trump admin says federal workers may proselytize

Trump tries to criminalize homelessness

The Dragonfly: Always reminding me God loves us

Divides

Leatherwood quits ERLC

How a tribal religion of a tribal god is in charge in America

1,000 nonprofits protest loosening Johnson Amendment

In Kim Davis’ backyard, a Baptist church stays faithful

Pew: Trump’s victory based on who showed up to vote

Six months into Trump 2.0, Project 2025 is ‘reshaping America’

Fundamentalism and biblical inerrancy lite in the Global Methodist Church

Pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel symbols to be banned after British government backs NHS antisemitism reforms

Catholic Archdiocese Fires Prominent Exorcist After Unexpected Claim About Demons

Draft of King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ found at Virginia seminary archives

Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride

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What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear