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The Hebrew scriptures are easily weaponized when passages are taken out of context of the whole Christian Bible. The advent, death, and resurrection of Jesus changes the entire narrative. Here is an example leveraged by Christian Zionists in favor of Israel's continuing attack on Gaza.
Georgia Baptist churches of every size are seeing people come to faith in Christ, and pastors say the growth is coming not from elaborate programs but from faithful preaching, persistent prayer, personal evangelism and churches willing to celebrate every baptism as a work of God.
It shouldn't have worked. Getting 12,000 American churches — Baptist and Lutheran and Episcopal and Reformed and Pentecostal — to read the same book,
A youth-led movement of big events and informal meetups has met drug use, despair, and disenchantment with faith.
Evangelical leaders in Serbia gave cautious responses to President Aleksandar Vučić's announcement that he will resign in the coming weeks, following more than a year of student-led protests against his government.
'I am sick and tired of waking up every morning to see another loved one is dead,' said Charlene Walker, head of Faith in New Jersey.
Reading the Bible through unbelievers' eyes can highlight remarkable things believers take for granted. In a new book by Norwegian socialists, the authors were struck by how often scripture condemns injustice, defends widows and orphans, welcomes strangers and warns against the corrupting power of riches. Why then have so many Christians stopped expecting it to shape public life?
This issue of A Public Witness treks to The Six to cover the recent gathering of the Baptist World Alliance.
Latina United Methodist Church leaders in Texas are emerging with fresh models for ministry following years of schism, decline, and uncertainty within the denomination.
Every generation in the American church has had its own shiny, marketable theology trend — something that promises an easier, flashier version of faith.
