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The Christian Women Who Helped Build the American West

Reformers like Elizabeth Rous Comstock were not animated by conquest, but earnest—and complicated—charity towards Black migrants.

Frederick Douglass Found His Mission in the Black Church

In newly formed Black congregations, the famous abolitionist and others were able to live out their faith—and affirm their full humanity.

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Meet the Evangelical Abolitionists Who Can Guide Today’s Church

A new book studies three leaders who fought slavery with a comprehensive theological vision.

They Changed Their Minds about Slavery and Left a Bible Record

Two businessmen’s unusual conversion in 1700s South Carolina led them to liberate the people they put in bondage.

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Sojourner Truth Was a ‘Double Woman’ in More Ways than One

She championed both abolition and women’s rights. And she wasn’t afraid to challenge advocates of either cause.

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Early Americans Read the Bible in a Way That Nearly Destroyed America

Mark Noll surveys the effects of an “independence-first” approach to Scripture.

The Bulletin

Violence, Protest, and Pumpkin Pie

Culture war in a crust: the surprising connection between Club Q, Iran, and pumpkin pie.

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The Unsung Heroes of the Underground Railroad

A new study gives Black evangelicals their due.

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Our Olive-Skinned Gospel

As a Middle Easterner, I can’t read the Bible without a smile of recognition crawling across my face.

Black History Month: 20 Stories Christians Should Know

Meet the leaders, activists, ministers, and artists who changed the church and the world.

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