Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear addresses the denomination’s executive committee in Nashville, Tenn. on February 18, 2019. RNS photo by Bob Smietana
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Southern Baptist leaders plan to remedy ‘insufficient’ approach to abuse claims
Their denomination’s Executive Committee may also vote to create a year-round Credentials Committee that will consider complaints about churches mishandling abuse or 'discriminatory behavior on the basis of ethnicity.'
Why a Boston church is stamping Harriet Tubman on all its $20 bills
Since May, the Jamaica Plain church has been stamping all $20 bills from its offering plates with abolitionist Harriet Tubman’s face. It is, the church's pastor said, a 'worthy replacement.'
Scholars fear Franklin Graham will cut off access to Billy Graham archives
Franklin Graham said plans are underway for a new research center, but no professional archivists or librarians appear to be in place.
During Ramadan, growing Muslim philanthropy enters the spotlight
Many Muslim-run charity groups are drawing a connection between their philanthropic causes, the Ramadan fast and the Islamic imperative to give to the poor.
When clergy ask themselves: does it really matter?
How important is our work? Whatever work we do? God knows, writes Jeffrey Salkin.
Abused by missionaries: Baptist leaders stayed quiet after trail of abuse
The practice of the Southern Baptist mission board — the world’s largest sponsor of Protestant missionaries — has been for years to keep misconduct reports inside the hierarchy of the organization, a Houston Chronicle investigation reveals.
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At her funeral, Rachel Held Evans is memorialized with quotes from her own writings
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Franklin Graham ‘burdened’ to pray for a president he says is under attack
Graham's call for 'special day of prayer for the president' on Sunday has been joined by a who's who of evangelical leaders.
California lawmakers threaten to break confidentiality of confession to find abusers
The bill extends the debate over 'clergy-penitent privilege' provoked by similar provisions passed or considered in other states since at least 2002.
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The Pacific Northwest is the American religious future
What a society dominated by Nones looks like, writes Mark Silk.
To save our politics, we need new ways to think and speak about abortion
(RNS) — When it comes to talking about abortion, restricting people to a simplistic 'pro-life' or 'pro-choice' identity creates the mother of all antagonistic binaries.
Why I am considering wearing a kippah in public
To wear a kippah in Germany is a sign of defiance. What about us?
