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Latest PRRI data show growing gap between white evangelicals and other Americans over same-sex marriage and legal protections for LGBTQ people

While the same-sex marriage now is the law of the land in the United States, white evangelical Christians remain distinct outliers among all Americans in accepting that reality. This finding from Public Religion Research Institute comes amid a backdrop in…

Anti-LGBTQ legislation is bad science, bad politics and bad theology, and it’s going to get people killed

Needing yet another wedge issue for election season, Republicans in many states are at work attempting to pass legislation that targets LGBTQ people, with a special emphasis on the T. The year 2022 already has surpassed the record-breaking 2021 as…

Why praying for God’s will to be done is a dangerous act

Something remarkable and courageous, perhaps even miraculous, happened in Russia on Monday, March 14. Marina Ovsyannikova, a news editor at Channel One, the Kremlin’s leading news channel with 250 million viewers worldwide, suddenly appeared behind the news anchor during the…

Leland Center names Pruitt president

The John Leland Center for Theological Studies has named Kenneth R. Pruitt as president. Pruitt comes to the role from the pastorate of King’s Grant Baptist Church in Virginia Beach, Va. He has been an officer on the school’s board…

Another dispute over SBC’s mishandling of sexual abuse claims breaks out on Twitter, including release of another recorded conversation

The Southern Baptist Convention’s reckoning with abuse continued unfolding in the public eye this week with multiple fiery Twitter exchanges and leaked audio of a confrontation between two male pastors and a female abuse survivor. The kerfuffle began the night…

Seeking the blessing of those who welcome us to the land

Edith and I travel a lot and have done so for years. We spent four years where we just traveled around from reservation to reservation across the United States and Canada and mentored a number of people. We also did…

A new scholarship for students who advocate care and justice for LGBTQ persons garnered the most support on Baylor Giving Day

While Baylor University regents and administrators continue to walk a tightrope over LGBTQ inclusion, rank-and-file donors made their voices heard on the university’s annual Baylor Giving Day March 16. The event’s leaderboard shows the new Paul Eddie Dwyer Endowed Scholarship…

Except for white evangelicals, Americans have soured on Trump’s leadership

CBF approves $16 million budget, leaders challenge more mission

The Black Church was not meant to save America

Caner sues Truett-McConnell for wrongful firing

Latest PRRI data show growing gap between white evangelicals and other Americans over same-sex marriage and legal protections for LGBTQ people

Anti-LGBTQ legislation is bad science, bad politics and bad theology, and it’s going to get people killed

Why praying for God’s will to be done is a dangerous act

Leland Center names Pruitt president

Another dispute over SBC’s mishandling of sexual abuse claims breaks out on Twitter, including release of another recorded conversation

Seeking the blessing of those who welcome us to the land

On this date 85 years ago, the worst school tragedy in American history occurred

The Civil Rights leader nobody knows on his 100th birthday

‘The city is wiped off the face of the earth’

As a pastor serves bread to the elderly in Ukraine, he prays to retain his humanity

Half of U.S. congregations led by solo pastor but that’s not what most churchgoers experience

Together for Hope marks 25 years by asking, “How do you write the future?”

Who Decides War and Peace? Lebanon After the New Regional Agreement

54 Countries, One Survey, A Lot of Religion

From ‘feigele’ to free: What does it mean to be LGBTQ+ and Orthodox?

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Except for white evangelicals, Americans have soured on Trump’s leadership

CBF approves $16 million budget, leaders challenge more mission

The Black Church was not meant to save America

Caner sues Truett-McConnell for wrongful firing