by Kira Dewey | Jun 17, 2022 | Opinion
Despite the church’s emphasis on raising the next generation with the love of Christ, many in the flock have turned away from the Good Shepherd’s church. As a child, I did not understand what made one denomination different from another. I assumed they were just fancy...
by Alyssa Aldape | Jun 25, 2021 | Opinion
The Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC’s) 2021 meeting in Nashville last week led to significant reactions from both outsiders and insiders. As the findings against fired seminary president Paige Patterson, the baseless fears of critical race theory and anxiety around...
by Tiffani Harris | Apr 6, 2021 | Opinion
Working sacrificially toward racial justice, equity and even reparations should be a focal point of local churches across the United States. To make the necessary changes to engage in such work, individual congregations should look to how the early church...
by Tiffani Harris | Apr 5, 2021 | Opinion
One does not have to look far and wide to notice complex problems facing the United States. Schools are struggling, churches in decline. Anger and vitriol at an all-time high. Ever-growing tent cities for the homeless, rising numbers of children in foster care...
by Philip Jenkins | Aug 1, 2017 | Opinion
I recently published a piece in The Christian Century on what I called the “Baptist Exception.” Unlike virtually all Christian churches and denominations, Baptists are not witnessing a fundamental shift of numbers to the global south. Instead, they remain...