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The seeds of evangelical angst over gender and sex were sown decades ago

If you want to understand the gender and sexual anxieties of evangelical Christians today, look at the seeds sown in their midst in the 1970s and ’80s, according to a couple of researchers recently posting on the topic. Marlena Graves…

The dangers of being too resistant to change or too eager to change

We typically think of proverbs as sources of guidance about how to live. However, the kind of guidance you can get from a proverb is tricky, since different proverbs appear to give conflicting advice. There’s the admonition to “Look before…

CBF names two search teams for key staff openings

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has named two eight-members teams to search for key staff members. One team will identify needed leadership gifts and structures for the future of CBF Global Missions and serve as a search committee for a coordinator…

Learning to expand the table by becoming an ally

Recently, I was sitting at the local ice cream parlor with my wife and some friends when in walked another family we all knew. My friend Joe immediately got up, went over to an unused table and began to move…

For the first time, CPAC will feature a debate on the death penalty

Death penalty opponents are welcoming news that capital punishment will be debated today during the Feb. 24-27 gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla. “A death penalty discussion at CPAC is further evidence that conservatives are increasingly…

‘The situation here is terrible,’ Ukrainian Baptist leader tells European allies

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is unfolding as the worst possible scenario faith leaders could have envisioned, a Baptist leader said in a Zoom call Thursday, Feb. 24. More than 75 people joined the online conversation organized on short notice…

A pastoral letter to transgender children

Dearest trans child of God, You are loved through and through. You are loved just as you are in this moment, and in every step of your becoming. I will always believe you when you tell me who you are….

Best known as an author, Gary Chapman also served the same Baptist church for 50 years

Gary Chapman is best known for writing the bestselling book Five Love Languages, but he also has served a local congregation — the same congregation — for 50 years. He recently retired from full-time ministry but hasn’t retired from carrying…

Five takeaways from the Report on Christian Nationalism and January 6

On Feb. 9, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, in tandem with their movement “Christians Against Christian Nationalism” and in partnership with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, held a livestreamed event that introduced their new comprehensive report on the influence…

Five misconceptions and four truths about Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’

As a Canadian, the only thing more disconcerting than watching American politics is watching Americans watching Canadian politics. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s father, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, once said that America and Canada were like an elephant and a beaver sharing…

Zoom, zoom, zoom … Some pastors aren’t revved up for continued online church

It took a couple of years, but Elizabeth Mangham Lott finally hit her bottom with doing online church by the end of January. “Y’all, this Zoom church stuff is crushing me today. I don’t wanna do it. And I don’t…

How to talk with your kids about porn without sending them straight to hell

The first time I saw pornography was at a public school playground during summer break when I was 8. I had ridden my bike over to the school to play, when a couple of teenage boys called me over and…

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