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Suckers for Trump: some ideas for groups that can build on the white evangelical base

Buoyed by ongoing evangelical support, Trump is going after even more unlikely supporters this election season.

Religion Notes: Fellowship Southwest seeks volunteers for the border; BWIM seeks women for mentor program

Fellowship Southwest appeals for volunteers to help churches on U.S./Mexican border A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship organization focused on the U.S.-Mexico border said it has mission and ministry opportunities for volunteers interested in serving asylum seekers on both sides of the…

Storytelling helps pastor deal with suffering witnessed at U.S.-Mexico border

The pain and suffering Jennifer Wilder witnessed at the U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year shook her to the core. Wilder, the pastor of Broadview Baptist Church in Sunderland, Maryland, spent parts of January and February as a volunteer providing pastoral…

Where the colors of the world worship together

“If two of our greatest challenges in this country are immigration and health care, then we’re a microcosm of that in this building.”

Yet more racially charged remarks beg the question (again): Is President Trump a racist?

I find it appalling that President Trump has used both Wounded Knee and Pocahontas as political fodder. The history of the United States regarding indigenous peoples is rooted in the genocide of millions of men, women and children. For the president to make light of that reality demonstrates his ignorance, arrogance or outright racist views.