Graham Platner’s campaign to dethrone Susan Collins as one of Maine’s two senators has come to an abrupt end following allegations of sexual assault. In an 11-minute-long video on X, the progressive firebrand launched a combative defense calling the allegations...
The deadly “dance plague” of 1518 took place in a rapidly changing world where suddenly old verities were in question and a new media brought all manner of unconfirmed, superstitious ideas. Sound familiar?
Victim advocates welcomed news of an independent investigation into whether a Southern Baptist Convention entity failed to report a missionary credibly accused of child molestation but cautioned that not all independent investigators are the same.
A scholar says limiting God to masculine pronouns and imagery limits the countless religious experiences of billions of Christians throughout the world.
The Church has underscored its opposition to the destruction of any kind of life, even when that means defying the state. And Francis is willing to alter Church teaching to make that clear.
Mercer University’s signature Mercer On Mission program on June 26 fitted its 10,000th Vietnamese amputee with Dr. Ha Van Vo’s patented leg prosthetic, transforming lives of both donors and recipients.
As ‘bystanders’ to the trauma of sexual violence, we can choose to see and hear, refuse to keep the secret, empower survivors to tell their stories, and in their telling, open wide the windows of truth and healing.
The head of a Baptist organization specializing in matters involving church and state gave low marks to a new White House initiative to promote the administration’s views on religious liberty.
The Progressive National Baptist Convention will push churches and their communities to be civically engaged at its upcoming 57th annual conference, themed “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community,” opening Monday.
Well before special counsel Robert Mueller started investigating possible illegal collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, American evangelicals had formed an odd alliance of their own with leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Vincent William Dent Sr., to American Baptist Home Mission Societies, Valley Forge, Pa., as chief development officer. Brock…
A data breach at the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board may have unlocked personal information about thousands of current and former employees, volunteers and applicants.
It seems like the “gnats” we strain out are things that irk white Christian majorities, but the “camels” we leave in place are large-scale injustices or suffering among minority races, religions and sexualities. Maybe we should leave the gnats alone, if that’s what it takes to get our eyes focused on the “weightier matters.”
