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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,...

Sex abuse victim sues Alabama Baptist church

By Bob Allen A victim of a former children’s minister sentenced to 30 years in prison has sued both his perpetrator and the church that hired him. The victim, identified by initials J.G., filed a lawsuit July 22 in U.S….

Sighing with the Spirit

By Molly T. Marshall In the weeks following Pentecost, the epistle readings in Romans have focused on what it means to live in the Spirit. For three Sundays in a row, passages from chapter 8 have revealed rich insight. Arguably…

Does your congregation need a ‘church search committee’?

By Marion Aldridge What kind of congregation do you want? That query precedes the probe into the kind of person you want as pastor. For 15 years I trained churches and their pastor search committees. In recent months, I have…

Chinese police clash with Christian protesters over cross removal

The sympathetic doomsday cult leader

Creationist Ken Ham says if they exist, aliens will go to hell

Pope’s friend Bishop Tony Palmer dies in motorcycle crash

Baptist leaders check welfare of children held at border

I don’t think you know what that means

A popular misconception about professional Christianity is that most of us with business cards reading “pastor” love talking about church. I can’t tell you how many breathless conversations I’ve had with people about the font size of a worship guide,…

Youth pastor gets 3 years for child porn

By Bob Allen A former Tennessee Baptist youth minister avoided a maximum 20-year sentence for child pornography found on his cell phone during an investigation of his previous arrest on charges of statutory rape and sexual battery. U.S. District Judge…

Change we can all support: The LGBT issue, part 3

By David Gushee Follow David: @dpgushee Last week I claimed that contemporary behavioral scientists and mental health experts have responded to research evidence, and the lives of LGBT people, by reconceptualizing human sexuality. I suggested that there is a fork…

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?