Attorneys for convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide how to handle disagreements over mental illness-related evidence between capital defendants and their attorneys, an issue that has played a role throughout his case over the…
SCOTUS Won’t Weigh Whether Christian College Profs Are Ministers—For Now
At some point, the US Supreme Court will have to consider whether Christian college professors are legally ministers, and who decides that, and how, Justice Samuel Alito said in a statement on Monday.
Idaho kills bill allowing public money for private education
A House panel on Tuesday rejected legislation that opponents said would have harmed education by transferring more than $1 billion dollars of public money to private and religious schools.
Red Sox release minor leaguer after social media attacks on Jewish executive Chaim Bloom
The Boston Red Sox released a minor league player following an antisemitic and homophobic social media outburst, in which he specifically targeted the organization’s chief baseball officer, Chaim Bloom, who is Jewish.
BNG webinar offers conversation on Ukraine, Eastern Europe and religious freedom
Two experts on international religious freedom will be featured in a Baptist News Global webinar Thursday, March 3, at 3 p.m. Eastern time. The speakers are Wade Kusack, founder and president of Love Your Neighbor Community, a nonprofit that promotes…
California bill could make it easier for houses of faith to build affordable housing
As IKAR, a Jewish congregation in Los Angeles, has developed plans to build a new synagogue and affordable housing on its property, it has encountered a big obstacle: parking.
Abortion rights bill faces dim chances in U.S. Senate
A bill to protect the right to have an abortion in the United States died in the Senate on Monday after it failed to garner enough Republican support to pass a procedural vote.
Six months in, “no end in sight” for Texas’ new abortion law
When Texas’ restrictive new abortion law went into effect Sept. 1, clinics, advocates and even some who supported the legislation thought it might quickly be blocked by the courts. Six months later, the law is still standing.
Prominent Christian Leaders And Groups Face Reckoning Over Praise For Putin
For most of the past century, America’s conservative Christians and conservative politicians were united in the firm belief that the communist USSR — and later, Russia — was anti-American, anti-God and a threat to the world. In the 1950s, a…
Can churches be protectors of public health?
Over the past two years of living with COVID-19, many churches have had to think in new ways. Congregations across the country are experimenting with practices such as virtual worship and Bible study or masking and social distancing – even…
Police: At least 1 more person sought in Ohio imam’s death
Authorities say at least one more person is being sought following the arrest of a suspect in the shooting death of an Ohio religious leader last year.
Christian College Reverts to Bible Degrees After Deep Cuts
A small Christian college with sharply declining enrollment announced it had to “face the facts” this week and either change or die. Lincoln Christian University (LCU), in Lincoln, Illinois, is hoping deep cuts and a directional shift are enough to…









