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‘No July 4th Without Juneteenth,’ Perryman Tells Cooperative Baptists
Growing up, I knew you had to celebrate Juneteenth before you got to celebrate July 4th.
Longing for the Summer of ‘78
he more I reflect on the summer of 1978, and honestly, all of my childhood summers, the more I long for the simplicity and innocence of it all.
Parham, Ayers Receive Emmanuel McCall Racial Justice Trailblazer Award
The Emmanuel McCall Racial Justice Trailblazer honor was awarded to two distinguished leaders on Thursday in Jacksonville, Florida, during an annual luncheon at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly.
Nate Bargatze Forfeits the Benefits of Neutrality
Since everything Trump does is transactional, there is no room for the middle, apolitical environment that folks like Bargatze pine for.
Juneteenth Invites Us to See Color
White people have not been trained to think complexly about race in school, in mainstream discourse, or in social institutions.
Hospicing Whiteness: Why Reform is not Enough
There is a particular kind of death that cannot be rushed, bargained with, or reformed into something livable.
Abandoning Missionary Zeal for Transformational Travel
Travelers learn that fear is for people who don’t get out much, that we’re all equally lovable children of God, and by traveling, we get to know the family.
Russia Attacks One of Europe’s Holiest Christian Sites
On Sunday, Russian drones set the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra ablaze.
‘Disclosure Day’: An Even Closer Encounter
The disclosure at the heart of Disclosure Day may not be the disclosing of secrets at all.
Women’s Ordination and the Future of the Church
The SBC remains the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, so its decisions affect many Christians and impact the lives of women in the church.
When “Enough” Disappears: Elon Musk, Trillionaire Wealth, and a World Far From the Kin-dom of God
“Enough” is what makes community possible. It is what reminds people that abundance is meant to be shared.
A Reading List for a Summer of Somebodiness
“I am somebody” is a natural response to attempts to minimize one’s “me-ness,” to deny one’s aliveness through macro and microaggressions and inflictions of systematic pain and suffering.
From Tokens to Community: How the Anniversary of My Ordination Sparked a Movement
In any other place we’d be tokens. Here we’re community.
Gallup Poll Finds Increasingly Restrictive Beliefs on Morality of Several Issues
Recent results from Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll show increasingly restrictive moral beliefs among U.S. adults on several issues.
RIP, SBC: The Cannibalistic Instincts of the Southern Baptist Convention
When rigid theological or ideological loyalty overwhelms diversity of opinion, large groups succumb to the slippery slope of populism.
Bethany Christian Services Reverses 2021 Decision Allowing Same-Sex Couples to Adopt
The nation’s largest Christian adoption agency will no longer allow LGBTQ+ couples to foster or adopt.
Sisters, Take Thou Authority! A United Methodist Response to Misogyny in the SBC and TPUSA
Women’s ordination was a fight that had to be won. It was not intuitive to our predecessor denominations that women should be ordained.
Progressive National Baptist Convention Affirms Women in Ministry and Leadership
We offer a different witness grounded in Scripture, shaped by the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, informed by the rich tradition of the Black Church, and animated by the conviction that God calls whom God calls.
Diner Diaries | Kyle Caudle
Justin Cox sits down with singer-songwriter Kyle Caudle to discuss music, Appalachia, and the enduring power of diners.
Baptist Women in Ministry Respond to the SBC’s Passage of the Mohler Amendment
Convention votes cannot undo what God has done.
Dirt Under the Fingernails of Philosophy
The deeper story is that a gap had been opening for years between the life I was living and the life I was meant to live.
Ours Will Not Be The Fate of Icarus
At times, it seems that some within the current political climate would like many African American professionals to fall from positions of influence and achievement for daring to rise too high.
Queer Joy as Resistance On Display at 2026 Tony Awards
Joy is the fuel of our faith.
Sidewalk Solidarity and the Welcome of God
If confronting and resisting our nation’s current campaign of cruelty against refugees, asylum seekers, migrating families and immigrants is too political for the church, then the Bible is too political for the church.
The Politics of White-Body Supremacy: On White Silence
White-body supremacy demands silence. Not to be confused with a genuine fear of saying the wrong thing, a lack of knowledge, or the desire to avoid social conflict, this silence extracts all conceivable benefits towards whiteness.
Mormonism Left Off Hegseth’s Christian List, and Senator Mike Lee Isn’t Happy
Given a choice between voting for a Black man or a cult member, Christian conservatives chose neither.
Interfaith Leaders Criticize Hegseth’s Reduction of Military Chaplaincy Faith Groups
In a memo, Under Secretary of War Anthony Tata, at the direction of Hegseth, cited the need to streamline the department’s religious collection systems “to enhance the delivery of targeted religious support from the [military] Chaplaincy.”
The Twin Cities: After Metro Surge
Good Faith Media returned to Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, this week to follow up on stories we covered during Operation Metro Surge last winter.
Interfaith San Antonio Alliance Announces New Executive Director
Interfaith San Antonio Alliance (ISAA) tapped the Rev. Bethany Hull Somers to lead the organization.
World Environment Day is a Call to Action
One of the most pressing justice issues of our time is climate change.