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Baptists worldwide uniting to offer aid to Haiti as challenges mount

Baptist organizations from around the world are joining forces to provide financial, material and spiritual care to Haitians reeling from the Aug. 14 earthquake that killed at least 2,200, injured more than 12,000 and flattened tens of thousands of homes,…

Who moved the front door to the church?

A funny thing happened while we were socially distanced, worshiping online. When we returned to the church building, the front door was not where we left it, nor was it the same size. Instead, we found multiple doors resembling the…

If you are a pastor in an abusive church, please know that you are not alone

It happens almost every week. Over the last year, with recurring and uncanny regularity, a pastor or Christian leader reaches out to me to share their journey of leaving abusive churches or organizations. In each case, they know I’m no…

The big news from the 2020 Census is multiculturalism, which threatens some people and still eludes most churches

Demographers have been predicting for three decades that the United States was headed toward a non-majority status for any single racial group in the population. Results of the 2020 Census released last week confirm that ongoing trend, but the real…

We are living through a pandemic of disembodiment

Half my seminary education was on Zoom. I completed the final year and a half of a three-year master of divinity degree from the desk in my bedroom. Like everyone else, the pandemic moved my life online. It’s a strange…

A year later, CBF’s finances have stabilized, but General Assembly still virtual due to COVID

A year ago this summer, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship not only had to hurriedly move its annual General Assembly to a virtual space due to threat of COVID-19, but faced difficult decisions about cutting its annual budget down to a…

Biden Education Department hopes to reverse last-minute Trump allowance of campus discrimination based on religious beliefs

The U.S. Department of Education announced Aug. 19 that it anticipates rescinding parts of a rule enacted by the Trump administration that forces universities to financially support religious student groups that discriminate. This November 2020 reinterpretation of the Free Inquiry Rule…

Baptist Scholars International Roundtable finds serendipity in participants’ experiences

When a group of Baptist scholars came together virtually Aug. 9-11 for a roundtable on “Baptists and the Kingdom of God,” they did not know that several in the group had personal experience to speak to one of the presentation…

Hashtags won’t defeat white Christian nationalism, panelists warn

Ongoing efforts by white Christian nationalists to destabilize American democracy must be met with the courage and grassroots activism made famous by the 1960s Civil Rights movement, panelists said during the second of two Aug. 18 webinars on the movement….

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

Baptists worldwide uniting to offer aid to Haiti as challenges mount

Who moved the front door to the church?

If you are a pastor in an abusive church, please know that you are not alone

The big news from the 2020 Census is multiculturalism, which threatens some people and still eludes most churches

We are living through a pandemic of disembodiment

A year later, CBF’s finances have stabilized, but General Assembly still virtual due to COVID

Biden Education Department hopes to reverse last-minute Trump allowance of campus discrimination based on religious beliefs

Baptist Scholars International Roundtable finds serendipity in participants’ experiences

Hashtags won’t defeat white Christian nationalism, panelists warn

Going to church in Schmigadoon!

‘I don’t think I care about anything anymore’: How to be anxious and depressed during the end of the world

Coffee, conversation and Christianity go together like cups and saucers

After 1,000 Days of War, Israelis Are Weary Amid Growing Isolation

Generational divide emerging in GOP over Israel, Netanyahu: poll

Between July 4 and Nov. 3, faith leaders seek fair access to the voting booth

Top 24 Leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation in the U.S.

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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