Religious Leaders Call for Prayer and Action Following Florida School Shooting
(RNS) — “A child of God is dead.”
That message came Wednesday (Feb. 14) not from a religious leader, but from CNN counterterrorism analyst Phil Mudd
To Keep Churches Safe, Government Gets Involved
TAUNTON, Mass. (RNS) — Two months after the deadliest church shooting in American history, federal authorities are spearheading new efforts to help equip local faith
3 Lessons from a Pastor up Close to the Kentucky School Shooting
(RNS) — As the shots rang out through Marshall County High School, shock waves simultaneously reverberated throughout all of Marshall County as one fact was
Remembering the Missionary Martyrs at Jibla Baptist Hospital
JIBLA, Yemen (BP) -- It's been 15 years since I walked the dry, stony grounds of Jibla Baptist Hospital in Yemen, where a lone gunman murdered three
Texas Church to Be Demolished, Like Other Mass Killing Sites Before It
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (RNS) — The funerals were yet to be held.
But one thing was already clear in this tiny Texas town of 600
Nashville Church Shooting: What Happens When Violence Invades Sacred Spaces
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (USA Today Network) — The deadly shooting at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ is just the latest instance of a place of
Violence Isn’t the Answer
At church, we make it an unspoken “policy” to stay away from blatantly political discourse. That doesn’t mean, however, that we are unable or unwilling to take
Charlottesville Clergy Were Ready Before Deadly Day
Saturday, Aug. 12, was a deadly day in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a Unite the Right rally sparked violent confrontation and apparent domestic terrorism.
But
Nonpartisan or partisan response to those grieving after violence?
Recent deaths of black men at the hands of authorities — Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile in a St. Paul, Minn., suburb — and the murders of Officers Patrick Zamarripa, Brent Thompson, Lorne Ahrens, Michael Smith and Michael Krol by a
MBU violence awareness emphasis is commendable
Missouri Baptist University and its students deserve commendation for engaging in dialog about interpersonal violence, learning to identify signs of abuse and helping male students to become