Do you have a book you can say changed your life? I do. I was a freshman in college when I read Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean. It had a profound impact on what I thought and believed…
Baptists must do more to help immigrants, advocate says
By Jeff Brumley Baptists can no longer stand by and watch as Catholics, Mennonites, Methodists and other Christians take the lead in ministering to immigrants, a Baptist scholar and immigration advocate told members of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North…
Baptists lead movements to ease ex-offender return to society
By Jeff Brumley and Ken Camp There’s a growing push, here and there around the country, to stop treating ex-cons like criminals after they have served their time. The restorative justice movement is nothing new but is taking on fresh…
Pastors must help lead way to racial reconciliation, stop police violence, Baptist leaders say
By Jeff Brumley Death after death in town after town, from Ferguson, Mo., to North Charleston, S.C., has some folks wondering what it will take to end racially motivated police brutality and other forms of injustice in the U.S. A…
Baptists oppose Texas bill as violation of biblical command to welcome strangers
By Ken Camp Some Texas lawmakers want to eliminate the possibility that local rules may prohibit police from questioning detained individuals about their immigration status. But Baptist and other religious leaders warn that could lead to racial profiling and a…