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Let’s tell a new story: Juneteenth and the Fourth of July

Note: This post is an excerpt from a chapter titled “Juneteenth” in the author’s forthcoming book, Backslide: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation After the Christian Turn Against Democracy, which will be published September 8 and is now available for pre-order....

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Progressive National Baptist Convention celebrates 50 years

This story was corrected after its original posting  WASHINGTON (ABP) – The Progressive National Baptist Convention celebrated its 50th anniversary with a tribute to 93-year-old Gardner Taylor, widely regarded as one of the nation’s greatest preachers. On Thursday of the…

High anxiety

By Bill Wilson Anyone feeling anxious? A better question: anyone not feeling anxious? God’s people in the 21st century suffer a serious malady.  We mouth the words of faithfulness while we live lives dominated by anxiety and frustration. For every…

‘The Help’

By David Wilkinson In her popular debut novel, Kathryn Stockett depicts the working conditions of black domestic servants in the American South during the turbulent civil rights struggle of the 1960s. A film version opened in theaters Aug. 10. The…

BTSR announces new staff members

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) — Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond named a new vice president of advancement and a director of community life in early August. Tim Heilman Timothy Heilman assumed the vice president’s position on Aug. 1, becoming the seminary…