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 Jim Holladay | Jul 17, 2020 | Opinion
Clarence Jordan, in his “Cotton Patch” version of Paul’s letters, renders Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 5:18 this way, “It is [God] who, through Christ, bridged the gap between himself and us, and who has planted in us his concern for getting together.”...
by Brian Kaylor | Jul 17, 2020 | Opinion
Last August, I stood in the pulpit of the church I attend and announced that four of the congregation’s first seven pastors were slaveholders. Audible gasps filled the air. And that’s when I realized just how much we needed an honest airing of our past. In a July 13...
by Wendell Griffen | Jul 13, 2020 | Opinion
The board of regents of Baylor University recently announced the formation of a 26-person Commission on Historic Campus Representations. According to a July 6, 2020, press release, the commission “will provide guidance on presenting Baylor’s complete history as the...
