by Erin Parks | Aug 8, 2025 | Opinion
We young people are tired. Those of us who grew up with your walls as our second childhood home no longer feel at home in your sacred space. And instead of being heard, we continue to be blamed for the decline of the American church. I can’t speak on behalf of all...
by K. Mekhi Jackson | Aug 5, 2025 | Opinion
To speak of reimagining the Black Church is to stand in a long tradition of holy critique and sacred hope. The Black Church, in all its denominational expressions, has never been static. It has evolved through enslavement, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, the Civil Rights...
by Erin Parks | Jul 8, 2025 | Opinion
Rev. Dr. Sarah Boberg is the Assistant Professor for Christian Education and the Director of Empowering Families for Spiritual Formation at Campbell Divinity School. I have had the honor of getting to know her as a student in her class, “Life and Work of the...
by John Hewett | Jun 24, 2025 | Opinion
Editor’s Note: The annual General Assembly of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship begins today in St. Louis. Though Good Faith Media is an ecumenical, faith-inclusive platform, we seek to honor and celebrate our roots in Baptist life. The following first appeared...
by Erin Parks | Jun 18, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Opinion, Opinion
Growing up with Focus on the Family, Adventures in Odyssey and other conservative Christian media as the soundtrack to my childhood has left me with bizarre and confusing memories—some of which I am still working out in therapy. On one hand, the music and stories...