An Alabama pastor stirred controversy after liking social media posts that some community members viewed as culturally insensitive. Though he has since issued an apology, the local school board and housing authority have cut ties with the church, prompting further debate on whether actions on social media should warrant such a response.
Read MoreThe landmark Supreme Court ruling protecting gay and transgender people from employment discrimination has raised concern among religious organizations, who say that the religious exemptions are too weak.
Read More(OPINION) Thousands of Christians in Nigeria have been affected by a litany of mass atrocities perpetrated by Boko Haram and Fulani herders. The Nigerian government should respond with comprehensive investigations and prosecutions, but it is clear that will not happen until we, as an international community, recognize the nature and severity of these crimes.
Read MoreA group of black ministers from Churches of Christ across the country penned a letter calling for justice in the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Dreasjon Reed, Breonna Taylor and Floyd. The letter has been signed by a diverse group of more than 300 Christians.
Read MoreRenewed fighting between Sudan’s army and militants killed an Anglican priest last week, despite a negotiated peace agreement and the pause of a church-mediated peace process when the Rome-based organization began grappling with coronavirus in Italy. Since 2013, Sudan’s civil war has displaced thousands of civilians. Now they must grapple with displacement during a pandemic and food insecurity.
Read More(OPINION) Prayer is paramount and education is critical. But is it essential that they lead us to act. We cannot hide in our prayer closets or behind our books. Perhaps what is most important for the current moment, is for us as Christians to do all we can to support structural changes that will reduce the frequency of incidents such as the death of George Floyd.
Read More(REVIEW) Season 2 of “Ramy” follows a young American Muslim man in his earnest struggle with sexual impurity and relationships. He wants to practice Islam dutifully, but the consequences of his actions serve as a haunting reminder of how he’s failed — or maybe an encouraging reminder that it’s never too late to start over.
Read MoreIn this Friday’s Weekend Plug-in, a tie-in between the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 and a Houston teen who stood up for a friend called the N-word. The teen is the great-grandson of the Arkansas mayor who asked President Dwight D. Eisenhower to send federal troops to allow the school’s desegregation.
Read More(OPINION) It appears the general consensus in Kenya is that the U.S. police are a racist lot who derive much fun from bullying people of color. However, some Kenyans are questioning why their compatriots are so irked by what is happening in far away USA while not condemning similar prejudices in their own country.
Read MorePeaceful Muslim protesters in New York City prayed together and decried anti-black racism in the Muslim community, calling it an issue that requires the attention of all faithful Muslims and saying it must be addressed before racism outside the community can be dismantled.
Read MoreJohn Perkins, an author and activist, sat down with a reporter to discuss the role of faith in healing racial divisions. In the wake of George Floyd’s death and the subsequent protests, Perkins says the present moment is an opportunity to progress toward unity and reconciliation through abundant love and forgiveness.
Read More(OPINION) It’s difficult for most Americans to understand what is happening in the streets at this time. That’s because most of us have a poor media diet. To better understand racism and protests, we need to read older books, too.
Read MoreFamily and friends of George Floyd, along with several celebrities, politicians and Christian leaders gathered today in Houston for Floyd’s final memorial at The Fountain of Praise Church in Houston, Texas.
Read MoreBlack alumni in a letter last week called for Jerry Falwell Jr. to change his behavior or step down as Liberty University president after he tweeted an image of a face mask imprinted with a photo of one man in blackface and another in Ku Klux Klan robes.
Read MoreAn alumnus of the private Christian university in Arkansas says the daily chapel venue’s namesake, George S. Benson, was “a vocal racist and supporter of segregation.” The petition proposes renaming the auditorium in honor of Harding graduate Botham Jean, a black man who was shot to death by a white police officer in Dallas in 2018.
Read More(OPINION) While media reports focus on protests in Minneapolis, New York and beyond surrounding George Floyd’s killing and other racial injustices committed by law enforcement, atrocious violence against black women, children and men is surging in Nigeria. And we hardly hear a word about it.
Read More(OPINION) Journalists needed to give readers both sides of a debate so that they had some chance to fully understood and assess what is happening. Otherwise, they’re only telling half the story. Right?
Read MoreLocked and loaded parishioners acting like John Wayne of the church pews may be a new chapter in church history. Historically, Christians were hesitant to deploy violence for self-protection. While the Bible and church history illustrate tension around violence, armed resistance isn’t completely foreign to Christendom.
Read MoreTim Keller, founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, announced his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer on Sunday.
Read More(OPINION) A recent government appointment of board members for Serbia’s Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, which includes studies of religious ideas, is showing the increasingly small space for critical thinking in Balkan institutions.
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