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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...

Free at last, but what happens now?

Men just released from state prisons in Huntsville, Texas, arrived by bus in Fort Worth and gathered at the Tarrant County Probation Office. But before they re-entered the free world, they heard straight talk from someone who understood what they…

LEADERSHIP LINK: How to make a hospital visit (or rather, how not to)

The following may be used as a role play during a deacon training period at a deacons’ meeting or a retreat. Sam Sickly has been ill for several weeks. For the past seven days, he has been in the local…

OUT LOUD

“We have stories about child molesters, murders and all kinds of vicious, barbaric acts of evil committed by heinous criminals on our front page, and yet we never receive a call from anyone saying ‘I don’t need my children reading…

Experts say debt, public opinion and other factors boost chances for depression in clergy

Bryan Hatcher was a Baptist pastor once, so he gets it when ministers buckle under the strain of long work weeks, budget pressures and that feeling of constantly being in a fish bowl. And because he has since provided…

Free at last, but what now? Churches an help former inmates enter new life

EDITORIAL: The power of forgiveness to heal â€” and evangelize

“And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” — Jesus Mike Steenkamp sat erect in his South African home before the CNN camera and delivered a statement many are finding simplistic and confusing. In the…

North American Baptist Fellowship retools disaster-relief network to enhance communication

(ABP) — The stream of volunteers coming through La Place, La., these days ebbs and flows, says Reid Doster, coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Louisiana. A large group of Stetson University students is currently rehabbing some of 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

Free at last, but what happens now?

LEADERSHIP LINK: How to make a hospital visit (or rather, how not to)

OUT LOUD

Experts say debt, public opinion and other factors boost chances for depression in clergy

Free at last, but what now? Churches an help former inmates enter new life

EDITORIAL: The power of forgiveness to heal â€” and evangelize

North American Baptist Fellowship retools disaster-relief network to enhance communication

Doctor who ‘cured’ caby with AIDS guided by faith

Should Christians celebrate the death of Hugo Chavez?

Vatican: Conclave to start early next week

Survey finds US Catholics think Church Is out of touch

The forgotten message of Lent

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