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When we — Baptists and Methodists — were all evangelical

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...

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U.S. Muslim population to double in 20 years

The U.S. Muslim population is expected to double over the next 20 years, fueled by immigration and higher-than-average fertility rates, according to a new report released Jan. 27. The authors of the report, “The Future of the Global Muslim Population”…

EDITORIAL: Panamanian partners and family

As I write, I am sitting on a wooden bench in a prayer garden in the shade of a huge guanacaste (enterolobium ciclocarpun) tree in Santa Clara, Panama. Strains of “Victory in Jesus” waft from the distant chapel on a…

HERITAGE: Climbing mountains

She called herself “a plain Jane.” She insisted — rightly and proudly so — that she was a housewife. True enough, she was devoted to her husband, “Greg,” and to her three sons — Harry, Gene and Joel. She did…

VITAL SIGNS: Asleep at church

A couple of years ago, we tried something radical on Wednesday evenings at our church. Over the course of five weeks, we had prayer meeting. This was not simply the hospital list prayer meeting — this was honest prayer. One…

OUT LOUD

“I also would have steered clear of politics. I’m grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one…