by Todd Heifner | May 26, 2022 | Opinion
Reading the Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Task Force report since its release this past Sunday afternoon has been an agonizing and sickening exercise. Engaging the report, and consuming raw details of how broken this institution is, has almost been more...
by Starlette Thomas | Nov 15, 2021 | Opinion
They told me, “The church is a hospital for sinners.” But the call for an ambulance is coming from inside the house of worship. Who do you call when Christians are behaving badly? Is there a local number we can call to report the church’s discrepancies? Because you’ll...
by Starlette Thomas | Sep 13, 2021 | Opinion, The Raceless Gospel Initiative
I trust God but I have my doubts about the North American Church. Worse still, its response to my lack of faith in the institution troubles me. The reflex is to protect the institution and not the sheep. It is not that church leaders and lay people are not aware of...
by Starlette Thomas | Aug 9, 2021 | Opinion
“It’s just the way of the world.” “It is what it is.” Take or leave it, this explains the eschatology I was raised with. We were “so heavenly minded” that we were “no earthly good.” We focused on saving ourselves and to hell with the rest of the world quite literally....
by Meredith Stone | Mar 12, 2021 | Opinion
Dear sisters who have learned and grown under the ministry of Beth Moore, The tremendous impact of Beth Moore’s preaching, teaching and writing on women’s lives is undeniable. She has called women to a deeper understanding of Scripture and has invited women across the...
