by Jeremy Bell | Aug 17, 2020 | General
(RNS) — It’s a rough time to be a pastor. An election year, national racial unrest, and a global pandemic each challenged the usual methods of ministry. Taken together, many church leaders are facing the traditional post-vacation in-gathering season with a serious...
by Jeremy Bell | Aug 17, 2020 | General
(THE CONVERSATION) — A recent lawsuit filed in Florida, Tillis v. Manatee County, raises a question: Do mask mandates violate the free exercise of religion? The answer is no. No matter what you believe or why you believe it, the First Amendment...
by Jeremy Bell | Aug 17, 2020 | General
When the Democratic National Convention closed its first of four days of sessions Aug. 17, a Black Baptist leader prayed. Jerry Young, president of the National Baptist Convention, USA — the largest Black Baptist denomination in the country — gave the benediction for...
by Jeremy Bell | Aug 13, 2020 | General
(RNS) — This week we returned to the classroom to teach a weeklong intensive course together at Wheaton College, making it one of the first on-campus college classes to be taught in the U.S. during this new school year. So, of course, there was...
by Jeremy Bell | Aug 12, 2020 | General
If Joe Biden wins the November election, his running mate announced Tuesday (Aug. 11) will become the fifth Baptist vice president. However, as a Black and Asian American woman, Senator Kamala Harris of California stands in stark contrast to the other Baptist VPs —...
