The United Methodist Church’s top court has struck down the Mississippi Conference’s process to allow churches to leave the denomination with property. In Decision 1518, the Judicial Council reiterates its conclusion in two earlier rulings that church closures cannot be used as a back door for church exits now that the denomination’s temporary disaffiliation policy no […]

I grew up in the American evangelical Christianity of the 1980s. My father was a pastor, and our church included people who were active in local and state-level politics. It seemed obvious to us that commitment to Christian faith had important implications for our common life together. We understood that authentic Christianity included commitment to […]

Smart people often make bad arguments. John McWhorter is a smart person. Many aspects of his new book, Pronoun Trouble: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words (Avery, 2025, 223 pp.), demonstrate just that. When it comes to linguistics, McWhorter knows his stuff. By the end of the book, however, one realizes that this […]

“There may be a very, very strong argument for saying… the best thing to do is as soon as possible to terminate this pregnancy.”

Conservative Christians collectively cower from reconquering their leftward-bound denominations. That’s according to Redeemed Zoomer, the online nom de guerre of Presbyterian YouTuber Richard Ackerman who recently faced off with Gavin Ortlund, a Baptist pastor and founder of Truth Unites, in a May 28 “respectful clash” on Ortlund’s YouTube channel.