by Machaela Murrell | Nov 9, 2022 | News
Rhyme, rhythm and reasoning took center stage in Waco, Texas, on November 5. University Baptist Church hosted the Belief and Belonging Festival, an event dedicated to bringing people together to share personal stories of finding their place in the world. Presentations...
by Michael Parnell | Aug 25, 2022 | Opinion
We have left the time in which our culture and its people have any connectivity to the spiritual. That’s an assertion Andrew Root makes in his book, The Pastor in the Secular Age. He says we have moved toward being a people that have been disenchanted. The problem of...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jun 21, 2022 | News
The number of U.S. adults who say they believe in God reached an all-time low of 81% in 2022, according to a Gallup report published June 17. This is five-points below the previous low in 2014, and it is 17 points below the all-time high of 98%, the level of belief...
by Michael Chancellor | Sep 30, 2021 | Opinion
Jim Palmer is a former pastor who has left not only the church but also the Christian faith, founding a humanist group in Nashville, Tennessee. Palmer has become a widely popular humanist who speaks freely about his time leading the largest Christian church in America...
by Jakob Topper | Aug 4, 2021 | Opinion
“Try being an atheist.” That’s the strangest pastoral advice I’ve ever given. It wasn’t a joke or a trick either. A friend (not a church member) came to me for help because they were struggling with suicidal ideation. “What do you do if god hates you?” That was how...
