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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...

As immigrant children find sponsors, Baptists are discovering them in their midst

By Jeff Brumley There was quiet talk among ministers in Dalton, Ga. last spring that as many as 30 Guatemalan children were in town and in need of tutoring and other services. Not much more was known about the children,…

SBC public policy arm launches think tank

By Bob Allen The new head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy arm announced Aug. 11 the re-launch of a Research Institute to employ the denomination’s top scholars in engaging complex issues of the day. Russell Moore, president of…

Standing up for religious liberty in Burma

In December of 2013, something remarkable happened. More than 30,000 people — including many Baptist leaders from around the world — gathered in Burma to celebrate the life and legacy of a man and woman they’d never met.

Why missionaries put their lives on the line

LifeWay stops selling Mark Driscoll’s books at 180 Christian stores

West Africans fill churches to pray for deliverance from ‘devil’ Ebola

Mark Driscoll removed from the Acts 29 church planting network he helped found

Tampa Baptist church cancels gay man’s funeral

Communities, borders, and “Persons of Peace”

“We pray and walk through our community, looking for persons of peace with whom we can connect.” “Persons of Peace.” That’s a term I’ve heard multiple times during my summer sabbatical study of how churches are engaging in Christian community…

God is (still) waiting

By Eileen R. Campbell-Reed This coming Sunday, Watts Street Baptist Church, Durham, N.C., will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first ordination of a woman in a Southern Baptist church. On Aug. 9, 1964, Watts Street ordained Addie Davis to…

Loving the person in front of you

By Adam McDuffie Christians are traditionally characterized by a desire to live a Christ-like life. While that can take a variety of forms, we often see this expressed in a desire to be as close to Jesus as possible. We…

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