No political victory should be worth sacrificing moral integrity

Graham Platner’s campaign to dethrone Susan Collins as one of Maine’s two senators has come to an abrupt end following allegations of sexual assault. In an 11-minute-long video on X, the progressive firebrand launched a combative defense calling the allegations...

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Churches can rightsize staff, but they cannot blow up a building

As difficult as it is for congregations to RightSize staff, it is nothing compared to trying to blow up a building. I have helped congregations and other Christian ministry organizations RightSize their staff, or to deal with what happens after…

I’ve got Mother’s Day pain

It’s the week of Mother’s Day. And it’s that time of year that the church struggles to know what to do with women who aren’t mothers in the traditional sense. Pastors muse about, “Who gets a rose and who doesn’t?”…

Jesus doesn’t need a national day of prayer (and neither do we)

As presidents have formally done every year since 1952 (and informally before that), President Obama on Thursday, May 7, will issue a proclamation urging our country to “turn to God in prayer and meditation.” By longstanding national tradition, we will…

Samford students inspired Baptist ministry along the Rio Grande

By Jack Brymer A new book by Myralyn Allgood, professor emerita of Spanish at Samford University, celebrates the long-term role of students from an Alabama Baptist school in Texas Baptists’ ministry along the Rio Grande. Nearly 40 years ago, Allgood…

Nepalese Baptists participate in global relief effort for quake victims

By Jeff Brumley Nepalese Baptists, along with many international relief organizations, are actively engaged in responding to the April 25 Nepal earthquake. The Nepal Baptist Church Council is providing immediate food, shelter and medical needs, including offering trauma healing and…

Central Seminary seeks to foster racial reconciliation

By Bob Allen A pastor and seminary professor who organized a peaceful prayer response in Kansas City prior to the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Mo., last November is now recruiting communities of faith to host “prayer tables” intended to…

Banking on faith: Cost-sharing ministries offer Obamacare alternative

How marketers invented ‘old time religion’

Huckabee faces competition for evangelical voters this time

For Mother’s Day, a place to mourn the babies who never came home

National Day of Prayer has strong Southern Baptist ties