It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both...
The 116th Congress is one of the most religiously diverse delegations in American history. Still, the incoming class of legislators is predominantly Christian — even more so than the country itself.
While the issues are piling up, the Supreme Court — and U.S. society more broadly — will have to face the questions ducked in Masterpiece Cakeshop, or else be willing to settle for a level of uncertainty that serves no…
Nearly two years into Trump’s presidency, about 50 people are living in sanctuary inside churches nationwide.
A federal judge in New Mexico recently rejected an Arkansas couple’s second attempt to void the 2013 sale of Glorieta Conference Center by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Imagine what the Holy Spirit might accomplish if Southern Seminary spent the next 150 years intentionally preparing people for ministry careers based on the gospel of liberation and justice rather than the slaveholder theology and hermeneutic and heresies of white supremacy, white religious nationalism and imperialism.
I supported the moderate Baptist movement among Southern Baptists back in the 1980s. But I never dreamed we would end up where a Centrist Baptist like me would find connecting to be so hard.
A Philadelphia design competition explores what historic houses of worship could do if redesigned to realize their potential for both congregational and community programming.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Nick Briggs, to First Baptist Church, Scottsdale, Ariz., as director of youth and growth groups. Marilyn Fightmaster,…
Even if a predominantly white church views itself as socially progressive and talks about concepts such as systemic racism, persons in these congregations may still harbor illusions about racism that prevent a deeper understanding of the problem.
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr., a stalwart evangelical defender of President Donald Trump, says in a new interview that it is wrong to base U.S. policy on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Jean Andrus says attitudes on guns reported in a recent Pew survey convince her that Grandmothers Against Violence should have been formed much earlier.
By Blake Tommey Nurturing young Baptists is a priority for Cooperative Baptists in North Carolina. This is the message that CBF of North Carolina is making unequivocally clear with its decision to invest most of a $100,000 grant in young…
