Despite Racial Tensions, Black Southern Baptist Churches Still on the Rise
Recruitment efforts draw African American pastors to SBC missions efforts, though growth is slowing. Last year, pastor Charlie Dates led Progressive Baptist Church, a historic, black congregation on Chicago’s South Side, to affiliate with...
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Turkey Turns Another Historic Church into a Mosque
Like the Hagia Sophia, the fourth-century Chora monastery in Istanbul was operating as a museum. The Turkish government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that came a month...
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Global Summit Celebrates the Tenth Anniversary of Diaspora Missions
A celebration of progress in Diaspora Missions since the Lausanne Congress. In 2010, the most representative gathering of Christian leaders from around the world joined together in Cape Town, South Africa for the Lausanne...
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The Beating Heart of Progressive Politics Is in the Street, Not in the Pew
Religious people aren’t bit players in this movement. But they aren’t necessarily central figures either. Traci Blackmon organized ministers to pray outside police headquarters in Ferguson, Missouri, the day after a young black man...
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Ahead of 2020 Election, White Evangelicals Still Concerned About COVID-19
Those who know someone who suffered from the virus are less likely to say they plan to vote for President Trump. Months into the pandemic, facing mixed plans for reopening churches and starting another...
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