California Baptists cut staff, citing decline in Cooperative Program Giving
(RNS) — The California Southern Baptist Convention, one of 41 regional groups that make up the Southern Baptist Convention, announced...
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Why Kinky Friedman still matters
(RNS) — I had not thought of the name “Kinky Friedman” in decades. And yet, when I heard of his...
Teaching the Bible in Oklahoma
(RNS) — I’m guessing Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters has not been in the best of moods lately....
Synagogues and churches in Dagestan. A synagogue in LA. There is a connection.
(RNS) — On Monday (June 24), we awoke to two seemingly disparate horrors. I say “seemingly” for a reason. First:...
Christian Reformed synod tells LGBTQ-affirming churches to repent or disaffiliate
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (RNS) — At its annual national meeting this week, the Christian Reformed Church in North America, one...
What, to the white American, is the 19th of June?
(RNS) — On July 5, 1852, the Ladies Anti-Slavery Society of Rochester invited Frederick Douglass to give a speech on...
In Mecca on Eid al Adha, carrying the burden of those lost in Gaza
MECCA (RNS) — This year, as millions of Muslims flock to the land where Abraham once offered his greatest sacrifice...
A trans hermit reminds us that the church once saw sex difference as a matter of degree
(RNS) — Hard on the heels of a Vatican document adamantly rejecting trans and gender fluidity and condemning gender reassignment...
Tony Evans says he is ‘stepping away’ from leading Dallas megachurch due to ‘sin’
(RNS) — Tony Evans, the longtime leader of a Dallas megachurch and bestselling author, has announced that he is stepping...
What goes into a hate crime? Don’t assume you know.
(RNS) — This week, the United States Department of Justice charged a Texas man with a federal hate crime for...
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