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This weekend on State of Belief, we take a look at what’s next for several flashpoint issues in the faith world. We’ll hear from an expert on the Westboro Baptist Church on the future of that [...]

Here’s what’s coming up this weekend on State of Belief Radio: What’s next for the Westboro Baptist Church? With founder Fred Phelps, Sr. dead, we’ll get the perspective of Dr. [...]

“I felt compelled to begin to challenge my Church’s teachings, and also the social and cultural attitudes toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people, because it was my call to [...]

Finally, Welton takes on Dr. Ben Carson of the Neurologist Tea Party and his recent nightmarish comparison of American political discourse to Nazi Germany. A Gestapo state where free speech is [...]

Welton takes a moment out of this week’s show to wish a happy anniversary to a man he is proud to call brother: Pope Francis. This week marks the end of Pope Francis’ first year in office, and [...]

He may have lost his collar over a decade ago, but Rev. Jimmy Creech’s work to fully include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in the United Methodist Church may finally be [...]

Every year, the Conservative Political Action Conference provides us with plenty of bewildering claims about the state of religion and politics in America and – as veteran journalist Sarah Posner [...]

Welton will welcome back an old friend of the show, the Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown, the president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP and longtime pastor at Third Baptist Church. Rev. Brown will [...]

This weekend on State of Belief, Welton takes a deep look at the struggle for LGBT rights at home and abroad. The Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown of the NAACP will share his important work organizing [...]

Here’s what’s coming up this weekend on State of Belief Radio: Is the United Methodist Church evolving on marriage equality?  A possibly encouraging sign was the action Bishop Martin [...]