In the recent past, it sometimes seemed that evangelical leaders were only concerned with a handful of hot button issues--namely, abortion and gay marraige (with religious liberty often thrown in for good measure). But recently, this brand of Christians seem concerned about a whole range of issues including poverty, fiscal responsiblity,...

The following article is was originally published in USA Today.

What's in a name? As Shakespeare has it, a rose by any other name smells the same. But in the case of America's largest Protestant denomination, changing the name could change everything.

A week ago, Southern Baptist Convention President Bryant Wright told his organization's...

When American soldiers returned from World War II, the so-called mainline churches were pillars of Protestantism in the United States. (The six denominations typically considered to be "mainline" are the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ and...

Many people believe that we are quickly approaching the day in which the Bible no longer exists...at least in book form. Lisa Miller of Newsweek writes about the digital bible phenomenon in her story, Goodbye to Gideon? Digital Bible Could Hasten End of Bound Scriptures.

Her encounter with two digital Bible salesmen convinced her that "the...