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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,...

With Florida camp, Passport returns to its birthplace

By Jeff Brumley United Community Outreach Ministry is a small nonprofit that makes a huge impact with clothing, food and other services across a swath of struggling, urban neighborhoods in Jacksonville, Fla. And that was before hundreds of youth campers…

What’s in a name?

By John Carroll Hugh Hollowell, pastor to the homeless of Raleigh, N.C., through the scrappy and brilliant ministry Love Wins, told me a story once that I haven’t been able to shake. He has a good friend who is quite…

Reckoning with the children on our doorstep

By Alan Bean What do we do with the unaccompanied children, some say as many as 100,000, who have surrendered to American border officials in the last few months? Barack Obama speaks of a humanitarian crisis but thinks fast-track deportation…

Bluefield College suspends dental school project until funding is secured

By Robert Dilday Bluefield College has suspended plans for a new dental school due to uncertain funding, college officials have announced. The suspension follows a decision by Tazewell County, which was partnering with Bluefield in the public-private project, to end…

The rise of ‘fun funerals’

Pope urges complete ban on producing, using landmines

Christian hip-hop singers sue Katy Perry over ‘Dark Horse’

Mennonites won’t recognize gay pastor’s licensing

Was Dietrich Bonhoeffer gay? New book raises questions

Is the church too busy attending meetings and talking with itself?

All my life I have loved attending denominational celebration events and conventions. I love least the formal meetings. I love most the networking. I love seeing my friends in ministry and meeting new friends in ministry. It is part of…

A sense of the heart

By Bill Leonard In his Treatise on Religious Affections (1746), Jonathan Edwards wrote: “We come necessarily to this conclusion, concerning that wherein spiritual understanding consists; viz. that it consists in a sense of the heart, of the supreme beauty and…

Supreme Court ruling legalizes religious discrimination

By Bruce Gourley On June 30 the United States Supreme Court, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, ruled that the religious beliefs of employers trump the free conscience and civil rights of employees. For traditional Baptists, the decision hearkens to earlier…

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?