“Take him out! Blow him up! Take him out! Blow him up!” the children chant during a vacation Bible school program at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. With eerie music looming over the scene, the viral TikTok video...
My grandfather was Fred Phelps, who founded the notorious Westboro Baptist Church. This is what he taught us.
Though the denomination is the least likely in the US to administer church discipline, critical voices have been swirling around its highest-ranking politician.
A Baptist minister removed earlier this week as a heckler during a speech on religious liberty by Attorney General Jeff Sessions is a graduate of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity and former intern for the Baptist Joint Committee…
Dietrich Bonhoeffer told his seminary students, “Only he who cries out for the Jews may sing Gregorian chants.” As Christian worshipers stand to sing on Sunday, we would do well to remember Bonhoeffer’s confession.
I showed up for eye surgery with a faith-filled calm, trusting that come what may, God would be with me. But, I also bore the confidence that in a few days I will see, quite literally, yet another miracle – the miracle of modern science.
Evangelicals—and those who are strongly invested in a “respectable” image for evangelicalism—now seem to be making a concerted effort to push back ahead of the midterm elections.
Young evangelicals are questioning the typical ties between evangelicalism and Republican politics.
Congregations lamenting the dwindling presence of young adults from church and faith often need only to look within for the solutions.
Imagine how good government could be if those who say God is love took love for the poor, the desire for peace and an insistence on honesty into the voting booth. What wonderful things would happen if our values were derived from virtue rather than partisanship?
Some of the ways that individuals and congregations can help are to learn about the issues of immigration and advocate for humane, compassionate, and sensible public policies and laws which impact the immigrant community.
The 21-month review verified the school made proper improvements to its policies and responses surrounding sexual assault. The Big 12 also slapped a $2 million fine on the university and left other financial aspects of the procedure unsettled.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Bob Balance, to First Baptist Church, Gretna, Va., as senior pastor. He comes from the pastorate of…
