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She was raised Southern Baptist, wanted to help a refugee child but was turned away because of her sexual orientation

Kelly Easter was raised in a Southern Baptist home where she learned of the Christian call to serve “the least of these.” Yet her current attempt to do just that by fostering an unaccompanied refugee child has been turned down…

Shed your stereotypes and become an ally in the fight against hunger, CBF panelists urge

Churches must become allies in the fight against hunger by shedding stereotypes around food insecurity and by avoiding pitfalls of toxic charity and scarcity thinking, panelists advised during a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship seminar. The pandemic has made it especially difficult…

The room where it happens

If you’re familiar with the Broadway musical Hamilton, then you’ve probably heard the song “You’ll Be Back.” Sung by the character of King George III, this song is a sharp shift in style and tone from the rest of the…

This small book is for health care workers operating on a wing and a prayer

Sarah Griffith Lund experienced so much anguish over the loss of loved ones in 2020 that she felt called to contribute to the recently released book, Prayers and Blessings for Healthcare Workers. “I realized I was holding such intense grief…

With so much death on our minds, now is a good time to talk about heaven, Lee Strobel says

Lee Strobel believes there’s no better time than the present to talk about heaven because COVID-19 has forced so many people to think seriously about death. The New York Times bestselling author has just released a new book on the…

‘A Change Is Gonna Come’: Ahmaud Arbery and the call to transform injustice

Sam Cooke said it best in soulful, somber song: “A Change Is Gonna Come.” Cooke wrote this song in the early 1960s as a protest to support the Civil Rights Movement. It was a volatile season for this country, as…

In highly unusual move, Georgia pastor who lost race for SBC presidency sues former SBC leader for defamation

The Georgia pastor narrowly defeated in his bid to become president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer has filed a defamation lawsuit against the former denominational employee he believes purposely tanked his candidacy. Mike Stone, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist…

Supreme Court will hear Boston flag case that pits First Amendment religious liberty clauses against each other

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case this term that pits the two religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment against each other — on a flagpole. At issue is a request by a Christian civic group,…

Ghana considers a new law punishing same-sex relations, and LGBTQ community fears reprisals

Ghana is the latest country in Africa seeking to explicitly outlaw same-sex relations in an appeal to cultural values and conservative religious views. Members of the LGBTQ community fear they may become the victims of violence as a result of…

It’s time to remember the first American woman appointed an international missionary — whose name you’ve probably never heard

Recognition is long overdue for Charlotte Atlee White Rowe, the first American woman appointed by any denomination or mission agency as an international missionary. Charlotte White’s controversial 1815 appointment by the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions forced her to contend…

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Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war