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Americans value freedom but there are differences on what it means

America’s 250th birthday prompted researchers at Navigator to ask Americans how they define America, patriotism and what our country should aspire to. The result was 82% of Americans across all generations saying they believe freedom is an extremely important value,...

Why do seminaries matter?

Texas church becomes oasis for Central American migrants

Brian McLaren reflects on 25 years of emergence

Baptist church ordered to pay $350,000 in abuse investigation

If This is Where You Get Off the Bus: The LGBT Issue, part 6

By David Gushee Follow David: @dpgushee It should be clear by now that “the LGBT Issue” is by no means just one issue, and that its complexity requires a sufficiently complex response. Careful readers will see that my approach in…

A seminary finds a golden gateway. Others find a rusted exit.

A couple of days after the announcement that the deal to sell the property and buildings of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary had been completed, I was in San Francisco. Sunday afternoon I drove across the Golden Gate Bridge into…

Baptists in Gaza appeal for prayer after month of shelling

By Bob Allen The Baptist World Alliance asked Aug. 7 for prayer and financial support for Baptists and other Christians struggling to meet humanitarian needs in Gaza. Hanna Massad, former pastor of the Gaza Baptist Church and now living in…

Baptist leader in Missouri arrested for seeking sex with animal

By Vicki Brown Windermere Baptist Conference Center in Missouri will choose a new executive following the arrest of Jerald “Jerry” Hill on charges of soliciting sex with an animal, its board chair said Aug. 7. According to several news reports,…

Taking stock of mission endeavors

By Amy Butler Lately I’ve had occasion to think a little more deeply than usual about churches and mission/social justice programming. It seems to me that collaborative efforts to heal the world are critical parts of life together in Christian…

The past ain’t what it used to be

By Bob Setzer Jr. When I was a boy, there was one Sunday night a year my siblings and I got to stay home from church: the night The Wizard of Oz was on television. On that very magical night,…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?