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WEBGladys the Baptist paved a way for women. Perhaps the greatest moniker Gladys Lewis ever was given was when the comedian Grady Nutt called her “Gladys the Baptist.”. This Oklahoma City woman is not someone most contemporary Southern Baptists and Cooperative Baptists have heard of, but she helped…. Analysis Mark Wingfield.
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WEB17 hours ago · Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous Peoples Day. In the push to rename Columbus Day, Christopher Columbus himself has become a metaphor for the evils of early colonial empires, and rightly so.
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WEBWebinar highlights dangerous scope of Project 2025. There is very little Donald Trump and his allies behind Project 2025 aren’t targeting in the 900-page Christian nationalist manifesto, said Nathan Empsall, an Episcopal priest and executive director of Faithful America. Empsall moderated a recent webinar he and his….
National study predicts churches may be more optimistic about …
WEB1 day ago · Economic reality likely will frustrate the optimistic outlook many churches have about pay raises and staff growth next year, according to a new financial analysis of U.S. congregations. “This fall, churches are extremely aligned on a cost-of-living adjustment for their 2025 budgets. At the same time, market forces are threatening to further shrink …
New book explores research on how to flourish after being 'done' …
WEB17 hours ago · Americans are leaving organized religion in staggering numbers. In the newly released book “Done: How to Flourish After Leaving Religion,” Hope College psychology professor Daryl Van Tongeren offers ways to navigate the “grief, loss, pain, and longing” that often accompany such transitions and then points to new paths to find …
New Baptist Covenant shifts gears to convene, connect and …
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · A combination of COVID-19 and increased national conversations around race have prompted New Baptist Covenant to announce a change in strategy.. Launched in 2007 with impetus from former President Jimmy Carter, New Baptist Covenant sought to create a movement that would bring Black and white Baptist churches into conversation …
After 30 years, the NRSV gets an update: Here’s what that means
WEBMar 15, 2022 · The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, also known as NRSVue, currently is available for digital download and will be published in printed copies later this spring. The update is significant, in part, because the NRSV is a preferred translation for many biblical scholars, seminaries, and mainline and progressive …
The horror of Let Us Prey may not be as far from home as you think
WEBLet Us Prey traces the IFB movement back to Jack Hyles, who was pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Ind., from 1959 to 2001.Sarah Smith, a reporter with the Houston Chronicle, explained: “In 1959, he decided to break away from all the formal Baptist denominations to be independent.First Baptist Hammond became pretty much the …
On the other side of the pandemic, the report from America’s …
WEBSep 4, 2023 · The Hartford report surmises this rise may be attributable to the increased embrace of virtual giving among U.S. churches, up from 20% of congregations in 2019 to 67% today. Earlier studies “found that the more a church emphasized online and electronic giving, the greater their per capita giving rose. This is also true with the 2023 survey.”.
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WEBOn watching Jesus. All cannot be fully well for any of us until all is finally well for all of us. That is my less artful version of Martin Luther King Jr.’s more lyrical declaration, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable web of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.