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CBF leader signs response to MLK

By Bob Allen Baptist leaders are among 28 original signers of a response to Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” 50 years after the civil-rights leader challenged white church leaders to confront racism. Patrick Anderson, interim coordinator of the…

Running toward the blast

By Susan Sparks Readers, do me a favor. Fold your arms and don the surliest expression you can manage. Done? Good. Now you know what my last standup comedy audience looked like. Mercifully, times like these don’t happen often. When…

Catholic bishops: Don’t let Boston attacks derail immigration reform

U.S. Christians rally around home-schooling family facing deportation

Pat Robertson compares ‘evil’ Islam to Nazism

Why is a famous evangelical pastor defending slavery?

(Re)Imagining Redemption

David Kelsey, Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School, asks a very simple yet powerful question, “What earthly difference can Jesus make here?” I’m in my sixth year of pastoring. I’ve completed three degrees that carry theological weight. I’ve been…

Mom CBF, Dad SBC, I love you. Stop fighting.

Divorce hurts children. My grandparents’ divorce still hurts their children and their grandchildren to this day — even though both have been dead for years. Certainly, the pain has lessened in time, but the wound is still there, for many…

West, Texas, church gathers for worship

By John Hall and Jeff Brumley Its church building still in lockdown four days after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people and injured 200 others, members of First Baptist Church in West, Texas, gathered in a makeshift altar in…

Ky. Baptists probe professor’s dismissal

By Bob Allen Kentucky Baptist Convention leaders are seeking answers to rumors swirling that a popular professor at Campbellsville University is being released from his teaching position for being too conservative. KBC Executive Director Paul Chitwood blogged April 20 that…

Eddie Stratton to retire Dec. 31 after 11 years as Baptist General Association of Virginia treasurer

RICHMOND — Eddie Stratton will retire Dec. 31 as treasurer of the Baptist General Association of Virginia after more than 11 years in the role, he announced April 16. Stratton, who also serves as the Virginia Baptist Mission Board’s treasurer,…

Virginia Baptist Women in Ministry celebrates first 25 years at annual ‘Feast’

RICHMOND — The 25th anniversary of Virginia Baptist Women in Ministry was a highlight of the fifth annual “Feast” gathering, as about 80 members, both men and women, gathered at Grace Baptist Church in Richmond for a day of retreat. …

Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts