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SBC ethics czar Land comes out in favor of Tennessee mosque

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) — After opposing the building of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York City, the Southern Baptist Convention's chief spokesman on public policy has come out in support of Muslims seeking to build a new Islamic…

When atheists and Baptists agree

By Rachel Held Evans I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord and that the Earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old. This position routinely puts me at odds with two groups of people — atheists and Baptists. In fact, over…

Do non-believers know more about faith than believers?

By Jim Denison Do atheists and agnostics know more about Christianity than Christians? That’s what you would think if you scanned the headlines generated by a recent Pew Forum test on religious knowledge. The Los Angeles Times headlined its…

SBC ethics chief supports Murfreesboro mosque

Clergy sex abuse ‘pervasive,’ study co-author says

WACO, Texas (ABP) — While newspapers carried headlines about high-profile sexual-coercion lawsuits filed against Atlanta mega-church pastor Eddie Long, a Baptist researcher said the problem of clergy sexual abuse is much larger than a few charismatic leaders who abuse their…

‘Heaven’s Rain’ tells story of forgiveness

OKLAHOMA CITY (ABP) — A son of Southern Baptist missionaries who survived the home-invasion murder of his parents in 1979 and later went on to advocate for victims' rights as Oklahoma's youngest-ever state senator brings his story to the big…

European Baptists, other Protestants sign cooperation pact

ROME (ABP) — Baptists in Europe pledged to work more closely with other Protestants on the continent in an agreement signed Sept. 24. Leaders of the European Baptist Federation and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe signed an accord…

The Politics of Jesus

By James L. Evans Over the 10 years I have been writing a syndicated newspaper column, readers at various times have complained that the content is too religious for the editorial page or too political for the religion page. I…

Mormons catch a glimpse of life in the big leagues

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) — Mormons have been making headlines across the nation — from HBO’s Big Love to California’s Proposition 8, from American Idol wannabe David Archuleta to Twilight author Stephenie Meyer, from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to…

RIGHT or WRONG? Limited resources

The economic crisis in Europe, launched by the calamity in Greece, caused me to realize we are a global economy. What happens anywhere on the planet can affect the whole world, and resources are limited. So, we all need to…

BAPTIST BRIEFS

Maggie Lee legacy lives on. The second annual “Maggie Lee for Good” day is scheduled Oct. 29—an emphasis on enlisting people to do at least one act of kindness on what would have marked Maggie Lee Henson’s 14th birthday. She…

When does human life begin? In Missouri, it’s legally at conception

ST. LOUIS (RNS) — The question has perplexed philosophers, theologians and scientists for thousands of years: At what point does human life begin? Missouri lawmakers have declared their answer. By withholding both his signature and his veto, Democratic Gov. Jay…

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?