Advancing the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God.
June 23, 1683: English Quaker William Penn, an advocate of peace and religious toleration, signs a treaty with the American Indians of Pennsylvania. Voltaire said the agreement was the only treaty never sworn to and never broken.
June 23, 1780: American troops, using hymnal pages from the First Presbyterian Church for gun wadding, stops the British advance on Springfield, New Jersey (see issue 50: American Revolution).
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Many say the activist’s inflammatory statements on race should inform how we remember his life.
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Known for confronting critical theory, moral relativism, and secular ideologies, Baucham died a month into leading a new seminary in Florida.
The history of a prominent church pastored by MLK in Alabama shows the reason African Americans often don’t embrace either term.
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Armed gang continues to hold him after family paid the ransom.
Review
Historian Molly Worthen studies dynamic leaders, eager followers, and their shared efforts to “consecrate a new reality.”
Inside the Ministry
Casting a captivating vision of following Jesus for the next generation.
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In Sweden, a church continues to advocate evangelism of Muslims, despite criticism from all sides.