Christians often have been reminded that some of their forebears supported slavery, but many do not know Christians ended slavery in the United States. Southern Baptists, in particular, frequently are reminded their convention began amid the defense of slavery. Yet...
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is looking for a leader who is resilient, adaptable, contextual, genuine, authentic, sincere, transparent, convictional, kind, respectful and gracious toward others.
Here is a question that needs to percolate: would coffee be a better symbol for communion? Grape juice is dull. Wine puts you to sleep. Coffee refreshes, revives and stimulates. The Lord’s Table could be a coffee table.
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Two new movies are shining a much-needed spotlight on the practice of gay “conversion therapy,” also known as the attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender expression of LGBTQ individuals.
There are reasons to be dubious about these allegations put forward by culture warrior Carlo Maria Viganò, a Benedict XVI ally.
The main characters’ struggle to balance cultural differences and their love for each other hit close to home for my husband, Paul, and me. I felt the mother’s heart, just like I felt my mom and dad’s hearts when I told them I wanted to marry Paul, a poor, Caucasian missionary kid.
On the outside, many of the Texas communities ravaged by Hurricane Harvey last year appear to making a comeback. But on the inside, some survivors say, the emotional rebuilding is only just beginning.
A memorial service for Sen. John McCain – the former POW, three-decade senator from Arizona and two-time presidential candidate who died Aug 25 from brain cancer – is scheduled this week at a Southern Baptist megachurch that he attended for…
The longtime Arizona Republican senator viewed himself as a Christian but had “a distrust of the religious right and a faith that is too public, too political.”
With one of the most contentious symbols of the Confederacy as a backdrop, thousands of people gathered at Stone Mountain on Saturday and called for an end to racism and hatred.
Sunday morning is becoming an increasingly divided time in America. “If Sunday morning was the most segregated morning in American life, it may also be one of the most politicized hours in American life, implicitly or explicitly,” said Bill Leonard,…
While the Church’s core message will never change, the methodologies for practicing our faith will be in a constant state of change for the rest of our life. The changes we will go through in our near future will make our squabbles over matters such as new technology or screens in the sanctuary look laughable.
