Many Americans are more worried about their reputation than their conscience. They worry less about guilt and fear and more about avoiding shame, according to a new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research.
Songwriter sees ‘good news’ in declining role of church music
Some people were surprised — and worried — to learn from an April poll that sermons are a much stronger draw to church attendance than music. And it was worse than that for music lovers. The Gallup survey presented a list of…
Baptists mourn, pray for victims of Manchester bombing
Baptist leaders and other clergy voiced sadness and prayers on social media after a terrorist attack killed 22 people and injured 59 at a concert by American singer Ariana Grande May 22 in Manchester, England. Police named 22-year-old Salman Abedi,…
NAMB denies defaming former state convention exec
The Southern Baptist Convention North American Mission Board denied defaming or interfering in the employment of a former Baptist state convention executive director in a response filed May 18 to a lawsuit in federal court. NAMB attorneys claimed former Baptist…
Who is Jesus for Muslims? An interview with Zeki Saritoprak
“According to Islam, Jesus always speaks the truth. The question is how we understand it.”
What does repentance look like for the white church? A conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper
“White folks need to be de-centered. This world is not about them, and quite honestly, racial justice should not depend on them. Justice is authored by God, not white people.”
A religious revolution is taking place in Ireland
The growth of Irish Evangelical and Pentecostal churches, often hidden and largely undocumented, is significant and contributing to the kind of nation Ireland is becoming.
Texas lawmakers revive ‘bathroom bill,’ OK religious refusal of adoptions
Texas legislators have advanced a version of the divisive “bathroom bill” regulating transgender students’ restroom access and passed a law that would allow publicly funded adoption agencies to refuse to work with would-be parents based on religious objections.
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Strong leadership and ‘making straight what has been crooked’
More than any leadership strategy, book, resource or plan I have ever encountered, the most important thing a leader needs to be successful in her work is character.
Grady Cothen, one of last pre-1979 SBC agency heads, dies
Grady Cothen, one of the last surviving Southern Baptist Convention agency heads prior to schism in the 1980s, has died. Cothen, 96, died peacefully May 19 at the Orchard Home in Ridgeland, Miss., after a series of illnesses. Cothen served…
What Trump missed in his address on tolerance — American Muslims
President Trump has discovered the potent language of religious tolerance and interfaith unity when discussing Islam. But he has not linked that rhetoric with recognition of the large, vibrant Muslim community in the U.S.
On one of the churches’ most contentious issues, advocate tries to navigate way forward
Matthew Vines’ calling, it seems, is to a ministry of the improbable, if not the impossible: convincing the world’s Christians to embrace gay people. Maybe so. But he is undaunted — and confident. “The global church will be fully LGBTQ…
The greatest threat to the Church isn’t Islam — It’s us
A leading Nigerian theologian believes the real danger to Christianity in Africa is in the church.