Southern Baptist Convention In Trouble?
Mark Wingfield gives us a look at what’s going on in the SBC. It looks as though there is dissension in the ranks due to sexual abuse claims. The organization has been attempting to deal …
Church closes campus after pastor’s alleged affair
The already struggling Venue Church has closed its north Georgia campus because its senior pastor was allegedly caught in adultery while going through a divorce. Venue’s North Georgia campus at 3969 Cloud Springs Road in …
Armenian Church calls for end to ‘open cultural genocide’
The Armenian Apostolic Church is decrying what it calls intentions for an open cultural genocide. The government of Azerbaijan has announced a plan that it will remove inscriptions that the Armenian Apostolic Church made in …
New journal contests belief that religions reject trans and queer people
A new academic journal is scheduled to publish next year that will attempt to oppose the notion that religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism do not accept trans and queer individuals. The journal, QTR: …
Why abuse victims get alienated: French
Why do so many have a stubborn attachment to corrupt leaders? Everybody has a favorite writer, speaker, or athlete they follow, so having a favorite religious figure is not unusual. Church leaders are respected figures …
Opinion: Religious women have abortions; attitudes vary more than reported
The Pew Forum’s data about religious attitudes toward abortion access show that religious people’s attitudes toward the topic are more mixed than is often perceived. Abortion debates have frequently been presented as a matter of …
Skirton: ‘Our idea of mission can be limited’
A Christian commentator has laid out the reasons why he thinks the focus of Christian mission should make a shift. Matthew Skirton writes at Christian Today that Christians need to change their ministry focus from …
Majority of white evangelicals oppose citizenship pathways for undocumented immigrants
White Protestant Evangelicals are the only religious group in the United States in which a majority opposes citizenship pathways for illegal immigrants. That’s according to a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), which …
Pentecostal nurse wins religious attire lawsuit
Pentecostal nurse Malinda Babineaux has settled a religious discrimination lawsuit after she was denied a job because of her religious convictions about how she should dress. Babineaux had been offered a job with Wellpath LLC, …
Churches sell their buildings to focus on congregational health
“The church is not the building,” the old saying goes, and more and more congregations are taking that to heart. A trend of churches selling their buildings and properties to gain more financial stability and …