“Southern Baptists look for cures to stagnation”
Read a June 10, 2009, Religion News Service story, “Southern Baptists look for cures to stagnation.”
Category: Government & politics
“Student-Loan Debt and the Future of Seminaries”
Read an Aug. 23, 2012, column in The Wall Street Journal about the debt problem for seminary students and what congregations and schools can do differently to address it. Russell D. Moore, dean of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., is the author.
“Forget the Ivory Towers: Seminaries and Their Challenges”
Read an Oct. 17, 2011, column at Patheos.com that discusses the effects of culture-shifts on seminaries.
“What a Mess! Notes on the Future of Theological Education”
Read another Oct. 17, 2011, column at Patheos that talks about how seminary education can be improved.
“Why Seminary Leadership Matters”
Read an article about the influence of leaders and educators on churches and their members from the September/October 2011 issue of Sojourners.
“New pope must deal with divided church in United States”
Reuters said the new pontiff must deal with a divided church in the United States.
Shoulder to Shoulder
Shoulder to Shoulder is a national, interfaith campaign “dedicated to ending anti-Muslim sentiment.” More than two dozen faith-based groups have joined the coalition, which has denounced North Carolina’s anti-Shariah law. Christina Warner is campaign director; she can be reached through publicist Samantha Friedman.
“N.C. governor allows anti-Shariah bill to become law”
Read an Aug. 26, 2013, Religion News Service story about North Carolina becoming the seventh state to prohibit courts from considering Islamic law. The North Carolina restriction applies only to family-law cases.
“U.S. Immigration Reform Will Happen—At Last”
Read a Jan. 1, 2013, post on the website of the Council on Foreign Relations on why immigration reform was expected to happen at the start of President Obama’s second term.