It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...
In the colonnade of St. Peter’s Square, not far from the free medical clinic and showers for the homeless and undocumented migrants opened by Pope Francis in 2018, sits a man on a bench. From behind, his clothes are rough…
Public broadcasting is not just media — it’s a lifeline, especially for millions of Americans who are not wealthy, politically connected or part of elite circles. Right now, that lifeline is under threat. National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting…
Even though more Hispanic voters swung for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election than in either of his previous runs for office, his immigration policies remain largely unfavorable among U.S. Hispanics. “The latest poll underscores a harsh reality: Nearly…
Donald Trump’s first 100 days back in office have been a blitzkrieg — an intense political campaign intended to bring about a swift victory. He has managed to produce his own Jacksonian “Trail of Tears” by firing thousands of federal…
The federal government temporarily reinstated the visas of three international Baylor University students just weeks after revoking them as part of President Donald Trump’s massive immigration crackdown, the Baylor Lariat reported. The student newspaper at the Baptist-affiliated university did not…
The Center for Baptist Leadership is urging Baptist pastors, Focus on the Family, Compassion International and other groups to publicly oppose a Colorado bill that would penalize parents and others who “deadname” children by not using their preferred pronouns. “Despite…
In Netflix’s Stranger Things, the residents of fictional Hawkins, Ind., live right above a parallel dimension known as the Upside Down, a frightening, alternative version of reality. A portal into the Upside Down brings the show’s characters to a place…
A congressional committee is contemplating steps to end legal assistance and trafficking protections for unaccompanied immigrant children and enacting oppressive regulations such as charging families $8,500 for the release of a youth from U.S. custody, child advocates warned during an…
Twenty years ago, I was sitting in my dorm room at Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C., skipping classes so I could watch the funeral of Pope John Paul II. As an aspiring church musician from the rural South, I was…
The process of choosing a successor for the late Pope Francis will certainly include maneuvering by conservative and progressive elements in the Catholic Church, but with little if any of the zero-sum scheming common among bitterly divided U.S. denominations, Vatican…
As President Donald Trump faces historic low levels of public approval and is seen as sowing chaos around the globe, not all Americans are upset. In fact, there are some who cheer his actions as president. Among those, his evangelical…
R. Albert Mohler Jr. has declared another holy war in the Southern Baptist Convention, as if the nation’s largest Protestant denomination needed more side skirmishes among its institutional leaders. In a recent wide-ranging and low-impact interview on the “Baptist21” podcast,…
