White conservative Christian men are rising up all over the nation to take their place at the top of their families, churches and communities. We’re witnessing their rise to power through the Rededicate 250 events where men like Mark Driscoll called on...
The First Baptist Church of Wetumpka is returning a $25,000 donation from a casino because it doesn’t support gambling.
A woman alleging sexual abuse by a Southern Baptist youth minister two decades ago says prevention measures being discussed amid new media reports about sexual predators in the Southern Baptist Convention are too little too late for victims.
Every June, that work culminates in the wildly-popular Swim Camp, where children and teenagers not only learn to swim but learn to pursue leadership through lifeguarding, volunteering and interning with Together For Hope.
Love gets a lot of hype in February. But what kind of love are we celebrating? Too often we concede the concept of love to a cultural definition that adversely affects our relationships, especially at church.
The first known congregation founded expressly as a “brewery church” is a Lutheran outpost, part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and its Florida-Bahamas Synod.
The 400th anniversary of the Africans’ arrival in what is now the USA is being observed this year.
El amor se pone muy de moda este mes. ¿Pero qué tipo de amor estamos celebrando? Con demasiada frecuencia, nuestro concepto del amor se reduce a una definición cultural que afecta negativamente nuestras relaciones, especialmente en la iglesia.
With a precise focus on literacy and leadership development, Together For Hope continues to build children’s imaginations for what is possible beyond the limited view of poverty.
Members of my (white) generation continue to recognize the pernicious stain of racism in our politics, economics and community relations. It seems we cannot ever fully repent as we learn how systemic racism is and how it has shaped the Christian imagination.
By Ashleigh Bugg “Beyond Your Culture. Beyond Your Comfort Zone. Beyond Yourself.” That’s the motto of Student.Go, urging young adults to look past personal comfort in order to explore the wider world. Student.Go is the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s student missions…
As the media spotlight focuses its glare on the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Southern Baptist Convention, we who have been dealing with abuse issues for years already see familiar patterns of institutional protection and image management in the…
If the free-exercise clause allows you not to bake and sell a cake, maybe it should also allow you to have an imam at your own execution.
