Asma Uddin is part of the Inclusive America Project at the Aspen Institute. She is also the author of a book on religious liberty called "When Islam Is Not A Religion."
Bill O’Brien, a former Southern Baptist music missionary acknowledged as a leading expert in 21st century global missions, died Saturday (Feb. 1). For 15 years he was responsible for implementing goals of Bold Mission Thrust, adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1976.
The Church of the Rescued and Redeemed, formerly known as Red Star Baptist Church is for sale. In a neighborhood plagued by periodic Mississippi River flooding, “right now our church is one of the last big structures in the neighborhood,” said Billy Garner, the church’s pastor.
Christian ministries in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador know they are in for a tough year. The US government has drastically cut aid to the three Central American countries in response to the large number of refugees who have fled north to seek asylum in
Two United Methodist churches in Kansas are using their signs to connect people, using both religion and sports in pro-Chiefs messages prior to Super Bowl LIV in Miami this weekend.
“What we share in status updates and how we talk to other people – what we rejoice over and what we lament – says something about what we believe about God,” according to theologian Angela Gorrell.
Texas has banished hundreds of prisoners to more than a decade of solitary confinement, an extreme form of a controversial punishment likened to torture. Many of these prisoners aren’t sure how—or, in some cases, if—they will ever get out.
“Loving father, grandfather, great-grandfather.” “A preacher’s preacher.” “Godfather of ministers.” These and many more laudatory appellations can and should be accorded to the Rev. Dr. Wallace S. Hartsfield Sr., who died Thursday at his home in Kansas City.
The situation at the Minnesota's Grove United Methodist Church has put the spotlight on widespread generational challenges across the country, with many leaders trying to attract younger people without alienating the seniors who are often the backbone of their dwindling congregations.
