Nearly a year ago, GetReligion highlighted an Associated Press story reporting that Exodus International was no longer trying to “pray the gay away.”
Calvinism debate shakes up Southern Baptist Convention
Former GetReligionista and current Religion News Service national correspondent Sarah Pulliam Bailey developed a short quiz to gauge readers’ knowledge:
Southern Baptists on the downhill statistical slide?
Pod people: 'Mass exodus' from the Boy Scouts?
One of the wonderful things about writing is the ability to type something, decide it’s not precisely exactly what you wanted to say, delete it and start over.
Ghosts in interview with Navy SEAL sniper's widow
This past weekend, The Dallas Morning News ran an in-depth story on Taya Kyle, widow of slain Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle.
When a pastor has an affair and nobody's talking
Seven questions about Boy Scout gay policy coverage
Headlines over the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to allow openly gay members are still flying fast and furious.
Churches dumping Boy Scouts over gay policy ... or not?
Godbeat pro Bob Smietana wrote a story this week exploring whether churches will keep sponsoring Boy Scout troops or drop their affiliation given the organization’s new gay-friendly membership policy.
God and faith in Oklahoma tornado coverage
In my first-person account of the Moore, Okla., tornado last week, I predicted that the faith and resiliency of the state’s residents would be a major theme in media coverage.

