A Houston megachurch has been in the news due to member concerns about the ways its bylaws were amended and governance was effectively removed from the congregation and entrusted to a small group handpicked by the senior pastor. While this...
By Robert Dilday One day before the Supreme Court was to hear oral arguments in what may result in its most significant religious liberty ruling this term, the president of one of Baptists’ largest universities joined a noted Harvard law…
By Bob Allen Southern Baptist leaders say World Vision’s decision to hire gay Christians in legal same-sex marriages puts fundraising ahead of doctrinal fidelity for the Christian humanitarian organization started in 1950 by Youth for Christ evangelist Bob Pierce. World…
By Bob Allen Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy says it was a mistake for him two years ago to involve his company in controversy over same-sex marriage. Cathy, 61, recently told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he hasn’t changed his mind about the…
I am afraid of well-meaning Christians. This is probably because I am one myself, but it is also because I encounter well-intentioned Christians all the time. They have a vision for all the good they could do to other people….
By David Gushee Follow David on twitter: @dpgushee In my last article, I suggested that realism demands that we “say goodbye to Christian America,” because it is passing. I intended to join neither those who wholly celebrate this fact nor…
By Ken Camp One high school student’s dream prompted a church to raise more than $94,000 for a ministry that provides clean water sources to people in developing nations. About five years ago, Katie Honeycutt, a sophomore in the youth…
By Robert Dilday Launching a new partnership with a Washington-area seminary topped the agenda of the Mid-Atlantic Cooperative Baptist Fellowship March 23 as it gathered for its annual meeting in suburban Maryland. The 50-church regional affiliate of the national CBF…
