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Pressler accuser still wants day in court

A Texas judge erred by dismissing a sexual abuse lawsuit against former Southern Baptist Convention leader Paul Pressler due to statutes of limitation, the alleged victim’s lawyer says in a new brief filed with the First Texas Court of Appeals.

Let’s bury the patriarchal narrative in American culture. Politics and churches are good places to start

American culture is patriarchal to the core. As author Leslie Dorrough Smith argues, the ideal male identity remains white, heterosexual and given to “family values” (even while their behavior contradicts this supposed conviction).

White America has been lying to itself about who we really are

We cannot continue to pretend that time will heal the deep wounds that divide us. Generation after generation, we bring our gifts to the altar without stopping first to do the work of reconciliation to which Jesus calls us.

Hundreds of supporters seek answers about closing of Logsdon Seminary in open letter

More than 300 concerned alumni and friends of Hardin-Simmons University produced a strongly worded open letter Feb. 16 seeking answers about the recently announced closing of Logsdon Seminary.

Suckers for Trump: some ideas for groups that can build on the white evangelical base

Buoyed by ongoing evangelical support, Trump is going after even more unlikely supporters this election season.

Transitions for the week of 2-21-20

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Lizzie Bebber, to United Ministries of Greenville, S.C., as executive director, effective in March. She has served…

Trump’s Middle East peace plan makes sense until you read it, Christian peace activist says

Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan returned to the spotlight recently, reminding conservative white evangelicals just how enthusiastically they embrace its pro-Israel approach.

Re-setting broken bones: Why the oft-lamented division in our culture is necessary and helpful

This moment does not call for cheap unity, but for a clarified division.

Letter to the Editor – Explaining the silence from Hardin-Simmons faculty and staff

From Robert P. Sellers in Abilene, Texas

CBF Foundation, Fellowship select former moderator Shauw Chin Capps for joint leadership post

Former Cooperative Baptist Fellowship moderator Shauw Chin Capps has been hired as president of the CBF Foundation and chief legacy gifts officer for the Fellowship based in Decatur, Georgia, the organizations said in an embargoed news release Feb. 17.

CBF of Texas leaders criticize closure of partner seminary

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leaders in Texas joined CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley in pledging support for individuals and families affected by Hardin-Simmons University’s decision to close Logsdon Seminary, a theological education partner of the Georgia-based Fellowship.

The looming prophetic crisis and the urgency for truth-telling

Truth-telling is a moral imperative no matter who may resent hearing the truth, no matter who may refuse to believe the truth and no matter what people who oppose the truth may do to truth-tellers.

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?