Faith on View

Stealing faith: When is ‘borrowing’ actually appropriation?

When Liz Bucar was 11 years old, she saw the pop singer Madonna wearing a cross necklace. She got her own and started wearing it, even though she was — for all intents and purposes …

A roll of “I voted” stickers in English and Spanish sits on other voting related paper

Members of the Republican-dominated legislatures in Alabama and Louisiana are caught up in a legal battle over the definition of race and how it relates to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The law limits …

A Lego minifig sits in a chair at a desk with a surprised look. To each side is a minifig dressed in police-type gear with long guns.

Mark Houck (48), a pro-life Christian, was arrested on Friday after dozens of FBI agents arrived at his house early morning and pointed guns at him even after he surrendered and cooperated. The FBI’s display …

A Black man wearing a flannel shirt over a t-shirt holds a softcover bible open in front of him with a neon orange cross placed up high behind him.

Church plants affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention are more likely to be “racially and ethnically diverse” than not. In a report presented to the SBC’s Executive Committee (EC) staff and trustees on Sept. 20, …

The excavation of three suspected graves located at the site of one of the first Black churches in the United States has started in order to determine the identity and way of life of those …

Brian Kaylor of Word and Way writes that when the Baptist World Alliance met for the first time since 2019, the issue of racial equality was at the forefront of the gathering. In Birmingham, Ala., …

Ann Brock of the blog Old Black Church writes that a Black family was driven off from attending the First Baptist Church in the majority African-American town of Forrest City, Ark., following racist remarks from …

Following the sudden firing of a Black administrator at the Columbia Theological Seminary, black students are protesting and pointing out that the firing of administration and faculty members of color has been going on since …

When President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act at the close of March, Southern Baptist leaders voiced their support for the measure. With the President’s signature, lynching is now classified as a federal …

A Ukrainian mother and her three children have been permitted to enter the United States after they were rejected at the Mexican border due to the nation’s widely controversial pandemic measure s that deny asylum …