The transmogrification of the SBC: When Baptists no longer are Baptist

As the Southern Baptist Convention in its recent annual meeting has proved itself unreliably Baptist, it gives me pause to think about how quickly the transmogrification of this Baptist denomination into its ecclesiastical opposite has happened. Baptist folk often have...

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OPINION: Comic-Con, world’s largest pop culture gathering, offers church lesson in engaging culture

Comic-Con International is the largest gathering of pop culture in the world. It is held in San Diego and has a more than 40-year history of providing information and insight into the world of comics, movies, television, video gaming and…

Egyptian Baptist pastor warns against entanglement of religion and politics

(ABP) — In a letter describing the Islamist persecution of Christians in Egypt, a Baptist minister in Cairo provides a disturbing warning against the entanglement of religion and politics. And portions of the letter, two U.S. church scholars say, are…

N.C. governor allows anti-Shariah bill to become law as Okla. judge strikes down similar measure

(RNS) — North Carolina became the seventh state to prohibit its judges from considering Islamic law after Gov. Pat McCrory allowed the bill to become law without formally signing it. McCory, a Republican, called the law “unnecessary,” but declined to…

Photo project brings Lakota plight to light

By Vicki Brown A lifelong interest in Native Americans and an online article from 2006 about conditions on a South Dakota reservation prompted a Southwest Baptist University staff member about four years ago to travel to the Pine Ridge Oglala…

Alliance signs letter opposing Safe Act

By Bob Allen The Alliance of Baptists joined other faith organizations and leaders in an Aug. 21 letter opposing a law pending in Congress to crack down on crimes committed by aliens living in the United States illegally. Introduced in…

Suffer little children

By Miguel De La Torre Wouldn’t you do anything for your children? Your grandchildren? Is not their wellbeing important to you? To our culture? To our society? And yet, political policies advocated by some within the Christian community are damning…

Civil Rights leaders lift up prayers marking March on Washington

Gay detective’s mother booted from church

Memories of the March: 10 voices recall 1963 March on Washington

Religious exemptions on gay marriage divides church advocacy groups

Feds drop demand for baptism permits

Sis, Tata or Mum Nell

They call me “Tata.” That is what many francophone people call their aunts. I am not their aunt, however. They are Senegalese after all, and I am American. However, we would all say that race, nationality, language nor culture changes…