Christian media reaches the faithful, not the masses
Christian media has a huge base among the faithful, but many Americans ignore it, according to a LifeWay Research study.
Editorial: Depressing trends, exciting possibilities
Three quite-different articles surfaced on the Internet recently. They point toward realities American Christians—particularly church leaders—must take to heart.
Islam’s Sunni/Shiite divide explained
Sunni and Shiite Muslims, two main sects of Islam, have been in conflict for more than a millennium. Here’s a primer on that ancient division.
Water ministry provides showers of blessings globally, TBM board learns
Providing sources of pure drinking water represents a rapidly growing avenue for ministry in developing countries, the Texas Baptist Men executive board learned at their Feb. 20-21 meeting.
Concern for children, not ill will, prompts activism, religious groups insist
Faith groups, including the moral concerns arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, say they bear no ill-will toward homosexual couples but do not want them to be allowed to marry.
BJC defends Muslim woman’s right to wear hijab to work
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a Muslim woman to wear a religious head-covering to work.
Todd Still named Truett Seminary dean
New Testament scholar Todd Still has been named dean of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary, effective June 1.
Southern Baptists try to diversify churches, but will it work?
The SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is planning a Gospel and Racial Reconciliation Summit March 26-27 in Nashville, and African-American church leaders’ reactions are ranging from polite skepticism to hopeful support.
Truett professor asks liberals in CBF to drop ‘moderate’ label
A quarter century after forming to resist fundamentalism in the Southern Baptist Convention, theology professor Roger Olson says the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is increasingly polarizing over liberal views gaining ground in the originally moderate group.
BGCT board declares gender assignment ‘immutable’
Biology, not psychology, determines gender identity, according to the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board.
Executive director announces new organizational structure
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board staff is preparing for “a reset” to serve an ever-changing state and Texas Baptist churches, Executive Director David Hardage told the BGCT Executive Board.
Editorial: Advocate for Christians (and others) persecuted by the Islamic State
Christians and other religious minorities in northern Iraq face extermination if people of faith in America and elsewhere in the West fail to speak up on their behalf.
Book Reviews: Things I Have Saw and Did
You’ve never walked a mile in Danny Andrews’ shoes. But if you read Things I Have Saw and Did, you’ll feel like you’ve walked alongside him his whole life.
2nd Opinion: Why it’s gotten so hard to work together
The pool of churches that can and will work together is getting smaller. It looks like the pools eventually will shrink to puddles and then dry up completely.
Guest editorial: Why people are not leaving your church
I decided to ask people in my network to tell me the reasons they believe people do not leave their church. I heard from four-dozen people. They provided interesting insights.
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