8+ hour, 36+ min ago   (554+ words) AnalysisMark Wingfield | September 13, 2026 If a Methodist church does not recognize the authority of its regional conference or its bishop, is that congregation still a United Methodist church? In its legal dispute with the Horizon West Conference of The United Methodist…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (37+ words) I’ve often mentioned Patrick Henry in presentations about Christian Nationalism and religious liberty. But a recent conference at Colonial Williamsburg marked the first time I’ve shared the stage with him — or, at least with a Henry impersonator....

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (54+ words) The legal action against Second Baptist Church of Houston isn’t dead yet — although it is hanging by a thread. Jeremiah Counsel, the group of church members who filed suit against the leadership of the megachurch over governance changes, has filed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (55+ words) The water of the soaking pool I’d chosen at the Olympus Spa was pretty perfect: 104 degrees and gently bubbling with hot tub jets. It was delightful, but I was exhausted, jet-lagged from a redeye flight, and in the heat of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1151+ words) OpinionBill Leonard, Senior Columnist | August 21, 2026 One of the greatest Christian dissenters I’ve ever known was James M. Dunn, late chief executive of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and founding faculty member of Wake Forest University School of Divinity. “O…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (995+ words) AnalysisMark Wingfield | August 20, 2026 Leaders of Highland Park Methodist Church have spent the last week expressing shock that the bishop of their United Methodist conference filed suit against them over changes made to their governing documents four years ago but only…...