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March 11, 2015
Pastors Oppose Lesbian Bishop Speaker at Baptist College (The Tennessean) American Baptist College Criticized for Inviting Lesbian Preacher (Baptist News Global) Opponents Protest Alabama Freedom of Religion in...
March 10, 2015
KKK Skit by Wheaton College Football Players Draws Outrage (New York Daily News) Franklin Graham Warns Christians in America 'Persecution is Coming' (Christian Post) Pastor Vows to Protest Lesbian Bishop Speaking at...
Looking for a Warm Home in the Winter of Baptist Discontent
Baptists are in a winter of discontentment. Isolation, alienation and division appear everywhere. Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, is reportedly feeling isolated and alienated...
March 9, 2015
Obama, 20,000 Mark 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Clash in Selma (New York Daily News) Ebenezer Baptist Church Congregation Remembers March (WTOC) Error on Air Force Test Sparks Debate Over Religion (Air Force Times)...
Come over to Africa!
When thousands of Baptists gather in Durban, South Africa for the 21st Baptist World Congress July 22-26, it will mark the first such meeting ever held on the African continent. Organizers from the Baptist World...
BWA to recognize Rwandan minister
Corneille Gato Munyamasoko, general secretary of the Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda, will receive the Baptist World Alliance's quinquennial Human Rights Award in July, following action by the BWA Executive...
Rwandan Baptist Earns International Human Rights Award
Corneille Gato Munyamasoko, general secretary of the Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda, is the recipient of the 2015 Baptist World Alliance Congress Quinquennial Human Rights Award. The award, given every five...
Killing Others with Our Hate-filled Words
Tom Schweich committed suicide at his home on Feb. 26, 2015. He was 54. Schweich was a well-known Republican leader in Missouri. He had been elected to a second term as state auditor and was positioning himself for the...
Profiles In Goodwill: Jerrod Hugenot
Jerrod Hugenot is the associate executive minister for the American Baptist Churches of New York State. Jerrod's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where did you grow up? On a farm in...
March 5, 2015
How Texas Became a Conservative Evangelical Powerhouse (Christianity Today) Texas Baptist Women in Ministry Group Organized (Baptist Standard) Evangelical Churches Grapple with LGBT Inclusion (Huffington Post) Mormon...
Sounding the Alarm: How to Beat Back ISIS “ Part 2
The origins of ISIS date to 2004, but it wasn't until April 2013 that they gained the world's attention through efforts to establish a caliphate in Iraq and Syria. In my previous column, I shared three takeaways from...
When a Church is Not Really a Church
When is the church "the church"? There are some who like to talk about "The Church," by which they mean the sum total of any and all Christians anywhere in the world. While this is a biblical concept, it can have the...
How Our Notion of Justice Compares to God’s
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was released in 2009 by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds as medical advice suggested that he was dying of cancer. He had previously been convicted in 2001 of involvement in the...
Sounding the Alarm: How to Beat Back ISIS “ Part 1
We seem to wake up to learn about another massacre committed by ISIS every few days. These are, of course, only the ones that the media reports. ISIS is committing massacres daily. Their latest playfield is Libya, and...
Stop Payday Lenders from Preying on Poor
An unexpected medical bill, car trouble, buying school supplies, a funeral or a summer utility bill - one or many of these expenses have pushed countless Texans to the financial brink. Needing a way to meet the...
Profiles In Goodwill: Starlette McNeill
Starlette McNeill is associate pastor of Village Baptist Church in Bowie, Maryland. Starlette's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where did you grow up? Pensacola, Florida; Foley,...
March 3, 2015
Tennessee Temple University to Close After Almost 70 Years (Chattanoogan) Christian Militia in Syria Defends Ancient Settlements Against ISIS (Guardian) Why Conservatives Refuse to Believe Obama is a Christian (Salon)...
Gov’t Restriction, Social Hostility Toward Religion Down Slightly
Government restrictions on religious freedom and social hostility toward religion saw a slight decline in 2013, a newly released report from Pew Research Center noted. These findings come one year after Pew reported a...
How Your Church Can Make Missions More Effective
Robert Lupton has urged churches and other charities to reconsider and revise their mission strategies in order to make them more effective. If a church deems Lupton's challenge, expounded in his book, "Toxic Charity,"...
Catholic Expert Depicts Pope as “Moderate in Extreme”
Pope Francis embodies a "moderate realism" and his ministry should matter to both Protestants and Catholics, said a respected U.S. journalist and top expert on Vatican affairs. John L. Allen Jr. made these assertions...
Profiles In Goodwill: Ronnie Brewer
Ronnie Brewer is senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Bristol, Virginia, and is a board member of the Baptist Center for Ethics. Ronnie's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where...