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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...

Evangelical prof calls environmentalism threat to civilization

Justin Welby installed as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury

UK Baptists to challenge government on drones

Beyond our wants and fears

Saturday “Maaa-maaaaah!” The wail comes over my phone. It’s late in the afternoon following a beautiful day with friends at the park. My six year old is now in full meltdown, transmitting her frustration from Dad’s phone. We are driving…

Preaching when you have nothing to say

By Amy Butler One mark of a healthy church is a community in which people regularly and intentionally listen to each other. In Baptist polity, we might even say this quality of hearing each other is critical for us to…

Is full humanity of Jesus being shortchanged?

Whenever Brandon Hudson speaks publically about the doctrine of the incarnation, he does so cautiously. Growing up Baptist, leading youth and preaching have taught him to tread lightly around the topic of Jesus’ human nature. Why this — or any…

AA wrestles with its spiritual roots

BEVERLY, Mass. (RNS) — For Alcoholics Anonymous to continue helping addicts find freedom in sobriety, the 75-year-old organization has to reclaim its spiritual roots. That’s the message coming from reformers who say the group has drifted from core principles and…

OUT LOUD

“Around the world, there are millions of people who don’t grasp the differences between Protestants and Catholics. To them, Christians are Christians and the pope speaks for Christians.” Leith Anderson The president of the National Association of Evangelicals was telling…

LEADERSHIP LINK: Church members who never belong to the church

Have you noticed that some people join your church and eventually become leaders while others join and eventually drop out? It is easy to assume that people in the latter group just weren’t that interested in spiritual things. Perhaps this…

OPINION: A both/and solution to the contraceptive coverage question

Jonathan Waits unfairly criticizes me and the Baptist Joint Committee for not vigorously opposing what he considers to be religious liberty violations in connection with the implementation of the new health care law. Let me set the record straight. The…

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

Evangelical prof calls environmentalism threat to civilization

Justin Welby installed as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury

UK Baptists to challenge government on drones

Beyond our wants and fears

Preaching when you have nothing to say

Is full humanity of Jesus being shortchanged?

AA wrestles with its spiritual roots

OUT LOUD

LEADERSHIP LINK: Church members who never belong to the church

OPINION: A both/and solution to the contraceptive coverage question

Thinking of Jesus as fully human and fully God poses challenges to many Christians, say theologians

Alcoholics Anonymous wrestles with its spiritual roots, as reformers say group has lost core values

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