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 days of viewing our faith as the remaking of the world into our image are long past, thanks be to God. Our call is to find ways to work for the common good with the values Jesus instituted in the inbreaking Reign of God.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Ashley Boschen, to Shalom Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, Va., as minister to children. Nick Briggs, to First Baptist…
Tourism expected to surge as 1,500 landmines are removed from Jordan River’s shore, with remaining 5,000 hopefully gone by next Christmas.
For a few minutes during Saturday evening’s (Dec. 15) service, it was Christmastime as usual at Willow Creek Community Church.
The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville is resisting the government’s efforts to take over the historic chapel that gave Mission its name. And a man known as the “cowboy priest” finds himself at the center of a national debate with local…
The Camp Fire in Northern California killed nearly 90 people and who knows how many animals, charred 153,000 acres and destroyed more than 13,000 structures in early November. The aftermath – thousands left homeless in an already saturated housing market,…
Using methods of biblical exegesis and theological construction similar to its founders’ defense of slavery, a Southern Baptist seminary’s leaders continue the institution’s history of discrimination and oppression, but with different targets.
Exactly 200 years ago this Christmas Eve — Dec. 24, 1818 — in a little church in what is now Austria, the world heard for the first time a poem set to music that eventually would be hailed as one…
In 1944, the world met Kismet, an Algerian superhero who fought against fascists in southern France while wearing a yellow fez.
According to the letter, an unidentified complainant in the community alerted the foundation to the displays. The two images at issue are a 9/11 Memorial Painting and a Bible verse.
Virginia Baptists – long champions of religious liberty, including freedom of the press – should be at the forefront of an endeavor that has never been more important.
“Mary’s Song” is a reminder that when the biblical message gets difficult (as it frequently does), the Church often “spiritualizes” the text and its subversive message.
