More than 330 million Americans are neither rioting nor looting right now. They are going to work (or hoping to return to work soon), paying taxes, and caring for their families during a pandemic. They are also concerned about problems like racism and want real change to happen. But the vast...
These are confusing and challenging times, which are complicated by the mishmash of issues, solutions, actions, reactions, and differing agendas of various groups and organizations. On top of that, inflammatory reporting by media (on all sides) and relentless social media posting continually...
Rising racial and cultural tension in our country cries out for healthy models of diversity in action. Gateway Seminary is one such example—a multiracial and multicultural educational ministry organization.
As a convention of churches committed to the equality and dignity of all people, Southern Baptists grieve the death of George Floyd, who was killed May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minn.
Some churches, even in the same community, will make different decisions about both the place and methods for re-opening. We need to support church leaders who are making hard choices, not criticize others for making different choices than we do. While believers gathering is important, some of...
A few weeks ago, a friend of the seminary sent a special gift.
Pressure turns fissures and flaws into chasms and canyons. Right now, some churches are discovering their past strategy of depending on donors instead of building stewards is producing devastating results.
One of the causalities of canceling the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer was losing the opportunity to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the International Mission Board. The IMB is, in many ways, the reason we exist as a denomination. We came together in 1845 in...
A common refrain these days is, “I’ll be glad when things get back to normal.” Well, that’s not happening. Our world will never be the same after COVID-19. The disruptions to social, economic, educational, corporate, entertainment, and religious systems have been too...
Governmental leaders make policy decisions to manage risk, not eliminate it. Their goal is palatable decisions that maintain social order, not preserve every life. Governments manage death rates, keeping them reasonable, without eliminating their causes. That’s not a criticism, just a frank...