Helen Jean Parks, former missionary to Indonesia and advocate for missions causes, died Sept. 13. She was 93.
Evangelical Lutheran church installs 1st transgender bishop
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first openly transgender bishop in a service held in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Saturday.
September 11 anniversary spurs reflection, regret on legacy of animus toward American Muslims
As we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, among the legacies being remembered is the disturbing rise in anti-Muslim hostility here in the United States that followed that tragic day. Simply put, too many…
Beth Moore and Russell Moore share laughter, regrets at Nashville church
Two of the best-known ex-Southern Baptist leaders in the country got together at a Nashville church on Thursday (Sept. 9) for a night filled with Bible verses, banter and bittersweet memories.
Appeals court blocks strict Tennessee abortion law
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked Tennessee’s strict abortion law, more than a year after a district court first issued a preliminary injunction that prevented it from taking effect.
Erica Whitaker named associate director of BSK’s Institute for Black Church Studies
Erica Whitaker has been named associate director of Baptist Seminary of Kentucky’s Institute for Black Church Studies, where she will work alongside Lewis Brogdon, who became the institute’s first director earlier this year. Whitaker, pastor of Buechel Park Baptist Church…
Elijah Zehyoue named co-director of Alliance of Baptists
The Alliance of Baptists has called Elijah Zehyoue as co-director, following the retirement of Paula Clayton Dempsey, director of partnership relations. The Washington, D.C., pastor and former BNG columnist will begin work Oct. 15, upon Dempsey’s retirement. In the Alliance’s…
IMB Adopts COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
The International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention announced it will require “IMB missionaries and their children ages 16 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19.”
Abortion rights take center stage in California’s recall election after Texas’ historic ban
Reproductive rights are taking center stage in California’s recall election, in a bid to nationalize the stakes of next week’s special election.