MTG, Call Your Pastor
In this edition of A Public Witness, we highlight some of her greatest hits and consider what wisdom her own pastor might have for the conspiracy theories she promotes and the divisions she sows.
Morris Brown College Regains Accreditation After 20 Years
Morris Brown College has regained full accreditation after a 20-year journey that its leaders hope will ultimately prompt higher enrollment. Morris Brown was founded in 1881 by the Georgia Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and named for one of its bishops.
Grove City College Rejects ‘Wokeness,’ CRT in New Report
Grove City College insists it’s not “going woke.” A new report from the conservative Christian college in Pennsylvania denounced school-sponsored courses and trainings they say promoted “CRT concepts” and characterized inviting historian Jemar Tisby to speak at a 2020 chapel service as a “mistake.”
Marymount California University, a Half-Century-Old Catholic School, to Shut Down
Marymount California University, a 54-year-old Catholic private institution in the coastal Los Angeles County city of Rancho Palos Verdes, will permanently close this summer, after years of financial struggle.
A Calvin Professor Officiated a Same-Sex Wedding. It Likely Cost Him His Job.
When a former student asked Calvin University professor Joe Kuilema to officiate her wedding last fall, he said yes right away — despite a school policy that views same-sex marriage as sinful. That decision will likely cost him his job.
Mo. Convention Helps Churches Defund SBC Entities
Earlier this month, the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Committee held a special-called Zoom meeting and approved the creation of a “Plan B” giving option where churches can choose which SBC entities (such as seminaries and mission boards) they don’t wish to fund.
Canceling a Church
In this edition of A Public Witness, we explore the intentions behind First United Church of Oak Park’s unexpectedly controversial Lenten practice. We then explain how Turning Point USA sparked a phony controversy that disrupted the life of this Christian community.
For Churches Hit by Disasters, Easter Brings Promise of Hope
Easter’s message of renewal will be especially poignant this year for four U.S. congregations rebounding from disasters. Their churches were destroyed. For the pastors, Easter’s promise of hope couldn’t be more timely.
Not-So-Peachy Race in Georgia
In this issue of A Public Witness to consider the history and the theology at play at FBC Atlanta — in 1963 and today. And we have exclusive comments from the leader of that civil rights effort, Rev. Amos Brown, who today is pastor of Third Baptist
Behind the Pulpit: Christopher Dixon
Senior Editor Beau Underwood interviews Christopher Dixon, pastor of West Finley Baptist Church near Fordland, Missouri, for the latest installment of our “Behind the Pulpit” series intended to pull back the curtain on the minister’s life.