by Ryan McCord | Apr 23, 2026 | Opinion
Pastor Cortes Vasquez, a minister in New Jersey, was detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Newark, New Jersey, seven days before Holy Week, the most sacred time in the Christian calendar. His case was one of thousands of...
by Daniel Bailey | Feb 9, 2026 | Opinion
As a lifelong Baptist, I have watched with growing frustration as the church I have loved all my life has been systematically dismantled by people who have cozied up to authoritarianism. Through their words and actions, its members have blatantly mocked one of the...
by Randall Balmer | Aug 26, 2025 | Opinion
The vital task of patrolling the wall of separation between church and state, America’s best idea, has enlisted some unlikely allies over the years. Although the motives animating some of those measures can undoubtedly be called into question, those contributions have...