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It’s not summer yet, but here’s a preview of what to expect from this year’s denominational meetings, from the Southern Baptist Convention to the Anglican Church in North America. |
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Why Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting, according to former diplomat Knox Thames. |
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Political commentator Charlie Sykes joins The Bulletin for a jam-packed episode analyzing the Iran war and the Supreme Court’s recent transgender ruling. |
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Churches that urgently render verdicts on every controversy are complying with the speed of the algorithm rather than the timeline of God’s eternity, writes pastor Thomas Anderson. |
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As rents have been rising in the Research Triangle, North Carolina churches are backing a nonprofit that provides long-term affordable housing in a unique partnership with local government. |
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Andrew Wilson’s theology books column looks at a new book on why teaching children theology matters. |
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From senior staff writer Emily Belz: Today we have an overview from CT contributor Megan Fowler of what’s coming in this summer’s denominational meetings. Covering those meetings can present a logistical challenge. |
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In 1988, CT associate editor Rodney Clapp traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to cover the Southern Baptist Convention. It was a standard reporting trip, except he had to stay at a hotel 116 miles away because everything was booked up near the convention. |
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The SBC still presents a unique lodging problem due to its size, as CT staff has experienced in the years since 1988, but reporting travel can often lead you on those kinds of housing adventures. When I covered the East Palestine train derailment back in 2023, locals told me there was only one place I could stay nearby—a Best Western. It had a room available. |
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I didn’t take it for granted, since the local population was displaced too. Whether it’s denominational meetings or disasters, lodging for reporters is not always easy to come by. The situation worked in my favor because displaced locals staying at the Best Western wanted to talk. In years of reporting I’ve found that obstacles, including finding a place to lay your head, make better stories. |
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As the world gathers for the World Cup, engage this moment with intention, hospitality, and faith. Open your home for a watch party, invite your neighbors, and create opportunities for deeper connection, meaningful conversations, and shared hope. |
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This free host kit delivers 7 ready-to-use resources straight to your door—to help turn this global soccer tournament into an impactful gathering. From planning to preparing to connecting—this free kit has everything you need to succeed and host a watch party that’s simple, fun, and natural. |
- After years of litigation, Southern Methodist University and the United Methodist Church have reconciled and said they have an agreement to continue their relationship.
- The war in Iran is roiling President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, with one Muslim adviser resigning.
- Police said a man at last week’s Prestonwood Baptist Church service was removed because he was "agreeing loudly with what the pastor was talking about and was animated in doing so, making other churchgoers uncomfortable."
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Today in Christian History |
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March 20, 1852: Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, daughter of famous Congregational minister Lyman Beecher, publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin (which had been serialized in an antislavery newspaper). |
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This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. John Perkins died this week, and I can’t believe it. When I say that, I don’t mean his death was a shock.…
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In 2019, the United Methodist Church (UMC) approved an exit plan for congregations that chose to disaffiliate from the denomination over its stance on sexuality and same-sex relationships. The subsequent…
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Each year, I teach multiple sections of a course with the unwieldy catalog title The Bible as Literature and in Literature and the Arts. This interdisciplinary offering examines biblical figures,…
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I grew up in a home where gospel music was always playing. My grandparents raised me in a small town outside Birmingham to the sound of The Caravans and Mighty…
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In this issue of Christianity Today and in this season of the Christian year, we explore the bookends of life: birth and death. You’ll read Karen Swallow Prior’s essay on childlessness and Kara Bettis Carvalho’s overview of reproductive technologies. Haleluya Hadero reports on artificially intelligent griefbots, and Kristy Etheridge discusses physician-assisted suicide. There is much work to be done to promote life. We talk with Fleming Rutledge about the Crucifixion, knowing that while suffering lasts for a season, Jesus has triumphed over death through his death. This Lenten and Easter season, may these words be a companion as you consider how you might bring life in the spaces you inhabit. |
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