Longform

  • Home
  • Popular
  • Best Articles
  • Podcast
  • Sections
    • Arts
    • Business
    • Crime
    • History
    • Politics
    • Science
    • Sex
    • Sports
    • Tech
    • World
    • All Sections
  • Collections
  • Reprints

Sponsored by the Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh

  • Random Article
  • Lists

    • Best of 2017
    • Best of 2016
    • Best of 2015
    • Best of 2014
    • Best of 2013
    • Best of 2012
  • Archive

    • Publications
    • Writers
    • Tags
  • Support Us
  • More

    • Newsletter
    • Suggest Article
    • About
    • Contact
    • Advertise
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Newsletter
  • RSS Feed

Get our Newsletter

Great new articles, every day.

Tags

Southern Baptist Church

Business Religion

The Last Frontier for Gay Rights

North Carolina’s Alexander County is a Southern Baptist stronghold. It’s also home to Mitchell Gold, an outspoken gay rights activist and the CEO of one of the region’s largest employers.

Tiffany Stanley Washington Post Apr 2018 35min Permalink

Religion

The New Evangelical Moral Minority

The Southern Baptist church, which has its origins in a split over slavery, at an election-year crossroads.

Kelefa Sanneh New Yorker Oct 2016 30min Permalink