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How Baptists helped end slavery in the United States

Christians often have been reminded that some of their forebears supported slavery, but many do not know Christians ended slavery in the United States. Southern Baptists, in particular, frequently are reminded their convention began amid the defense of slavery. Yet...

DreamWorks, Participant pick up Church sex-abuse scandal film

Proposal would allow state religion in North Carolina

Experiencing the Risen Christ

By Molly T. Marshall The scent of lilies and the return of “alleluias” means that Easter has arrived, and we are reflecting on those tender encounters of the Risen Christ with his followers. Whether unrecognized in a garden, recognized in…

Holy week demanded holy dialogue

Did Holy Week this year seem to shout out for a new dimension of holy dialogue? It did to me. It was an unusual and disruptive week in several ways. It caused me to think about the need for a…

Christian faith compels support for comprehensive immigration reform, say ministers at N.C. rally

WINSTON-SALEM — As Congress grapples to craft legislation that would overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, a group of Baptist ministers in North Carolina called on their state’s representatives April 2 to support “comprehensive, fair immigration reform” which “builds the common…

Shorthand written by religious liberty icon Roger Williams decoded after 300 years, revealing essay

DURHAM, N.C. — A team of scholars that helped translate an original theological essay written in shorthand by early American Baptist Roger Williams and interpret its significance presented its findings during a seminar at Duke Divinity School’s Baptist House of…

BTSR announces new location

By Robert Dilday Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will move this summer to a new location in an office complex about four miles north of its current campus, seminary officials announced April 2. The nearly 17,000-square-foot building in Villa Park,…

Matthew Vines sets off a debate over what it means to be ‘queer’

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts

DreamWorks, Participant pick up Church sex-abuse scandal film

Proposal would allow state religion in North Carolina

Experiencing the Risen Christ

Christian faith compels support for comprehensive immigration reform, say ministers at N.C. rally

Shorthand written by religious liberty icon Roger Williams decoded after 300 years, revealing essay

BTSR announces new location

A Corvette kind of church

‘Celebrate Life’ composer Buryl Red dies

‘The Bible’ finale ratings rival ‘The Walking Dead’

Obama Easter service pastor criticized for remarks against Religious Right

New testing dates Shroud of Turin to era of Christ

Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See

A Pastoral Response from BWA and UBLA

Amazon’s Second Season Of ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Reinvents Christian Redemption

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

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Matthew Vines sets off a debate over what it means to be ‘queer’

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts