Wake Forest University School of Divinity has announced a $5 million grant that will establish a new center to address HIV/AIDS throughout the South. The grant from Gilead Sciences will bring Wake Forest into Gilead’s 10-year, $100 million COMPASS Initiative…
Biden reestablishes Faith-based Partnerships Office and names Melissa Rogers to lead it
A familiar face to Baptist religious liberty advocates has been named to lead the newly reconstituted White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Melissa Rogers will lead the office, an appointment announced by President Joe Biden on Sunday morning,…
A Bonhoeffer Moment finale: ‘What Christianity really is’
A research paper recently submitted in my Introduction to Christian History course at the School of Divinity, Wake Forest University, begins with these words: It has become an unavoidable reality that the American Christian church is dying slowly. For many,…
Baptist pastor joins UAW picket lines to support GM strikers and emulate Christ
The union strike against General Motors has continued for just over a month – enough time for people of faith to provide moral and spiritual support to picketers.
Religion Notes: Faith-based groups take on religious freedom, clergy health and shoes for asylum seekers
New BWA position oversees evangelism, religious freedom The Baptist World Alliance has created a new position tasked with helping develop evangelism and missions. BWA also announced that the full-time position — called director of integral mission — includes “providing administrative…
Harvard’s Jonathan Walton named dean of Wake Forest School of Divinity
Jonathan Walton, an acclaimed author, social ethicist and religious scholar currently teaching at Harvard, has been named third permanent dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity.
Religion Notes: Amanda Tyler, Bill Leonard team up on history
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North Carolina Baptist church ordaining trans woman to gospel ministry
A Baptist church that meets on the campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, plans to ordain a transgender woman to the gospel ministry this Sunday.
Religion Notes: Melissa Rogers returns to WF Divinity; BWA protests arrest of Baptist leader
The Wake Forest University School of Divinity has welcomed former Obama Administration official Melissa Rogers back to its faculty. Her hiring was announced Jan. 30 on the Divinity School web site. Rogers rejoins the institution as a visiting professor and…