Editors Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood outline the theological reasons for a COVID-19 vaccination outreach effort centered around clergy. Such an act is not only a matter of public health, it is also a witness to what we believe about the Gospel.
More than 200 Missouri pastors and ministers are joining a COVID-19 vaccination outreach effort spearheaded by a Jefferson City-based Christian magazine. Read full piece
Senior Editor Beau Underwood interviews Timothy Peoples, senior minister of Emerywood Baptist Church in High Point, North Carolina, for the latest installment of our “Behind the Pulpit” series intended to pull back the curtain on the minister’s life.
Don’t sit on the sidelines waiting for a miracle to happen; the miracle is happening now. Read full piece
In episode 8 of Dangerous Dogma, Todd Billings talks about his book 'The End of the Christian Life: How Embracing Our Mortality Frees Us to Truly Live.' He also discusses faith during the coronavirus pandemic.
While aggression has heightened in the pandemic, South Africa has a history of xenophobic attacks toward non-locals in South Africa — often aimed at those from Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Lesotho, or Malawi. Read full piece
The Pew Research Center released its results of a massive study looking at sermons preached ahead of the 2020 election. In this bonus issue of A Public Witness, we will briefly outline what Pew discovered and what it could teach us about preaching politics.
Just two days after being removed from his parish by his bishop for controversial political rhetoric, a Catholic priest prayed and spoke at the influential Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, on Sunday.
Health officials in Tennessee have linked a small coronavirus cluster to a meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention last month. It was Nashville’s first large-scale conference after lifting restrictions on gatherings.
A small but worrisome coronavirus cluster has been linked to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Nashville, the first large-scale conference held in the city after it lifted restrictions on gatherings, according to the Metro Public Health Department. Read full piece