Open Letter to American Baptists on Immigration Reform

On May 6, I invited a number of American Baptists to a meeting at our mission center to begin a conversation on how we, as American Baptists, might engage the issue of immigration and immigration reform. We write to report on our discussion and invite you into our...

Obama’s Visit to Muslim Countries Sows Seeds for Peace

I was recently part of an unprecedented coalition of U.S. religious leaders who wrote to President Obama on the occasion of his visit to predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East. We urged strong diplomatic efforts by our government toward peace in the Middle...

American Baptist Leaders Blog During Visit to Africa

We arrived in Kinshasa Oct. 17, where there was a decided change in temperature and humidity from Johannesburg. One really begins to understand how big this continent is when you fly it. In the amount of time it takes to fly coast to coast in the U.S., you have...