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As a pastor, I’m not a fan of ministers telling people how to vote

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?

How to help immigrants in detention

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.

Big 12 clears Baylor after review of new sex assault safeguards, levies $2 million fine

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.

Transitions for the week of 11-2-18

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…

European Christian missionaries and their false sense of progress

What does maturity look like? Whiteness is a horrific answer to this question

‘Traditionalist’ blog SBC Today says goodbye

A blog for Southern Baptists opposed to five-point Calvinism is shutting down indefinitely. An Oct. 30 posting on SBC Today, a news and opinion blog promoting what supporters call a “traditional” Southern Baptist view of predestination, announced the online forum…

Letters to the Editor for 10.31.18

The latest from our readers: • Moral Majority and Vote Common Good are not moral equivalents | Leroy Seat, Liberty, Missouri

Awakening to injustice: a church goes on a pilgrimage to follow immigrants’ journey from undocumented to detained

Nearly 20 people arrived early in the morning at Myers Park Baptist Church to embark on this sacred pilgrimage to listen, learn and discern how God is calling them as individuals and us as a Church to seek justice for America’s immigrants.

The language of violence and the sound of white people clapping

I kept hearing the sound of white people clapping and chanting “Lock HER up!”, “Lock HIM up!” (referencing Hillary Clinton and George Soros even after bombs mailed to them were found), and “CNN sucks!” (also after a bomb was found). And clapping their agreement for rhetorical images that include “enemies of the people,” “immigrant invaders” and a “low IQ” black woman.

Does Trump encourage white supremacists? Faith groups divided in survey

Three-quarters of black Protestants say Trump’s behavior and decisions are emboldening white supremacists while slightly more than a quarter of white evangelicals agree with that view. Overall, more than half of Americans — 54 percent — say this is the…

Shockingly tone-deaf GOP has evangelical ‘rabbi’ pray for Pittsburgh victims

Most Jews find Messianic Jews — the best known of which are Jews for Jesus — highly offensive.

I talked on TV about the Pittsburgh massacre. Our 11-year-old’s response said more

American Christians cannot sit on the sidelines when hate and anti-Semitism are so brazenly displayed in the public square. We cannot be silent in the face of evil.

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church