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...
Editor’s Note: In memory of W.C. Fields, we are republishing this article from February 20, 2015.
The sandpaper of time has smoothed the roughest edges of memory for one of Baptists’ most remarkable characters.
The author, theologian and activist says one way Christians must change is in the way they change.
Before volunteering to work with children at NewSpring Church in North Charleston, South Carolina, Jake Hazlett frequented other multi-site megachurches affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention that don’t include the word “Baptist” in their name.
For far too long, officials of the country’s largest Protestant denomination have done nearly nothing to effectively address clergy sex abuse. The time for action is long overdue, and the SBC’s version of “studying it” does not suffice.
Monday marks the 50th anniversary of Merton’s tragic accidental death — he was electrocuted by an electric fan near Bangkok, where he was attending an interreligious monastic conference. The anniversary is being marked by events around the world, from Russia…
“If you want to make a room full of liberal, compassionate people turn on you, talk about God in an unironic way.”
Southern Baptists in Illinois are on record opposing renewed efforts to add an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
– BWA hires communications director
– Advent devotional series launched
We do our best to illumine this time of year with both artificial and spiritual means. Thankfully, God provides the latter.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Kris Aaron, to First Baptist Church, Bristol, Va., as pastor. He comes from First Baptist Church, Orangeburg,…
“Jesus Christ, for George Bush, was at the heart of his faith, but his was a deep faith, a generous faith, a simple faith in the best sense of the word. He knew and lived Jesus’ two greatest commandments: to…
Trump didn’t recite the Apostles’ Creed during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush.
