Graham Platner’s campaign to dethrone Susan Collins as one of Maine’s two senators has come to an abrupt end following allegations of sexual assault. In an 11-minute-long video on X, the progressive firebrand launched a combative defense calling the allegations...
Queen did not discover Jesus by Layne Wallace, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Across 25 countries, active religious participation is linked with habits like nonsmoking, community involvement, and voting.
Hours before post-shutdown conversations began on immigration and border security on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told a group of Christian educators gathering in the nation’s capital this week that she intends to uphold her responsibility to “act upon…
Twenty graduates await diplomas in May as the last graduating class of Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Jan. 31 marked the final day of operation for the moderate Baptist seminary closing its doors after more than 30 years due to…
Because churches and faith-based organizations do disaster relief so well, we assume what works for communities recovering from a fire will be what works for a family experiencing food insecurity or poverty. Most victims of poverty suffer because of systems designed to help some people thrive at the expense of others’ languishing.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Mark Click, to American Baptist Churches of Ohio, as executive minister for administration and denominational relations. Anthony Clore,…
Can faith-based social service providers who receive federal funds refuse to license people who don’t share their faith? The Trump administration says yes.
In a new book, a black evangelical challenges his white counterparts to take full responsibility for their complicity in racism, and to commit to changing America.
It isn’t the swearing that will earn an “R” rating for a 2018 Christian film featuring a Baptist minister co-star.
Ironically, when I believed Jesus was God I didn’t take him seriously. But when I let him be an imperfect, but courageous and compassionate human being, I discovered a compelling interest in becoming like him.
Amid backlash, evangelical leaders are finally acknowledging sexual abuse — but not a high-profile preacher allegedly facilitating it. Why?
While many are either casually intrigued or cruelly judgmental of Marie Kondo’s approach to tidying, most have not taken the time to understand her method and its religious underpinnings.
