The data post from Ryan Burge caught my eye — as usual. But one of the comments below the post really got my attention. “Let’s be real, non-denoms are basically Baptists,” the commenter said. This was in response to Burge’s...
Philadelphia never has been a city known for backing down from a fight. This is the city of Joe Frazier, Bernard Hopkins, Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant and Benjamin Franklin. It is the city where some of the most important documents…
Congress has a 9% confidence rating among Americans, according to recent data from Gallup. And yet, it’s more ethical than mainstream evangelicalism’s institution of complementarian marriage. Discussion about addressing sexual ethics on Capitol Hill has grown over the past few months…
A lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission has been dismissed by a federal court, plaintiffs’ legal representatives announced July 27. A multifaith coalition filed the legal action in February to challenge the legality, secrecy and religiously narrow makeup…
Last week, The Advocate published a helpful survey of LGBTQ inclusion across Christian denominations. I was grateful for the article’s intent. Resources like these matter for LGBTQ people and their families as they search for communities of faith where they can…
A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups and federal legislators has launched “End the ICE Age,” a campaign urging Congress to defund and eliminate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Loved ones are still dying in ICE detention right now, living in…
“Who will I be surprised to see in heaven?” That’s one question that has been stirred up during the final stretch of our church’s Bible studies in the book of Revelation. As we reflected on what we look forward to…
In a two-and-a-half-minute-long video posted on X, self-styled Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced all United States soldiers age 30 and over will undergo mandatory screening for testosterone deficiency. Those with lower levels of testosterone will be given the option…
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…
Retirement is one of the strangest words in the Christian vocabulary. We know how CEOs retire, athletes retire and politicians retire. They shake a few hands, kiss a few babies, give a farewell speech, collect a plaque engraved with their…
Proper training and education for officers of the law should be mandatory for the safety of the public and our officers. However, ICE has made cuts to its required curriculum from an already short training program and failed to properly…
Here’s what happens when you dare to ask questions about the common narrative of the clergy sexual abuse survivor community. You get lambasted online with comments like these made against me over the weekend: “Mariah Kerry (not Carey) commented on…
Baptist preacher and U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock said he is often stumped by evangelical Christians who claim to love Christ but blame the poor for being poor. “I do not understand how it is that people who claim to be…
