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Black Church urged to tell its story fully and boldly

The Black Church is not a single story but is a tapestry of stories that must be heard in context, speakers said at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference Feb. 23-26 in Chicago. In session after session, speakers returned to the…

‘You don’t know the half’ of the Good Samaritan story

In a sermon at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference preached from Luke 10:29–35, Reginald Sharpe Jr. circled a phrase that refuses to let the church remain comfortable: “You don’t know the half.” Sharpe did not give us a scholarly sermon…

Keep hope alive: The legacy of Jesse Jackson

Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. died Feb. 17. Like his mentor, Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson has left a lasting impact on our nation and world. So what is that legacy? Some people will remember Jese Jackson as a protester. After…

Yes, the president is a racist

The feral utility of dog whistle statements rests in their deniability. A racist tweets the whistle, and friends and foes alike get the racist message. Then the whistler denies they whistled, insisting instead that foes are overly defensive or are…

Hegseth promotes Christian America at Pentagon and NRB

“If you bear the name of Jesus Christ, there’s no armor greater than that,” Christian nationalist leader Doug Wilson declared at a recent worship service at the Pentagon, an event he called a sign of national revival. Defense Secretary Pete…

Giving to BGCT dropped 17% in a decade, following national trends

The Baptist General Convention of Texas has experienced a 17% drop in Cooperative Program income in the past decade, Treasurer and CFO Ward Hayes told the state convention’s Executive Board Feb. 23. Earlier in that meeting, BGCT Executive Director Julio…

‘And lead us into laughter … ’

“I’ll get real big hair, marry a man, let him lead, write a book called, ’Submissive Wife, Submissive Life,’ adopt a Southern accent out of nowhere,” comedian Taylor Tomlinson joked while imagining what it might look like for her to…

US LGBTQ identification holds steady at 9%

About 9% of American adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or something other than heterosexual, according to Gallup. That percentage is unchanged from last year but remains more than double the 3.5% from 2012, the first year Gallup measured…

BWIM updates models for state collaboration

Six state organizations have merged with Baptist Women in Ministry to become official chapters of the nationwide organization. BWIM Executive Director Meredith Stone announced the change in an email to supporters, saying there are now two ways state groups relate…

The myth of transgender violence

Well. It happened again. There was yet another mass shooting committed by a transgender person. Roberta Esposito, a transgender woman, opened fire during a youth hockey game in Rhode Island. Esposito specifically targeted family members in the shooting, killing her…

SBC president endorses bill that would allow death penalty for abortions

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention appears to have endorsed proposed legislation in Tennessee that would impose the death penalty on women who have abortions. Clint Pressley, pastor of a church in Charlotte, N.C., weighed in on social media…

Why is Goldman Sachs selling a warehouse for human imprisonment?

Yesterday, a series of protests of Dalfen Industries began in Dallas, since they’ve recently sold a warehouse to ICE in New Jersey. This began because of a request from patriotic Americans in New Jersey who asked for Texans’ help in…

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit