Immigrant advocates criticized a decision by the Trump administration to end a program that has allowed about 200,000 people from El Salvador to live and work in the United States for nearly two decades.
Mississippi ‘religious liberty’ bill allowed to stand
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Jan. 8 to hear a challenge to a Mississippi law allowing government workers and businesses to deny services to LGBT persons and couples based on religious beliefs. The nation’s high court declined to hear two…
CBF-sponsored ‘Civil Rides’ to highlight plight of rural poor
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is kicking off a daylong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination April 4 by embarking on a 270-mile bicycle ride to raise awareness of the plight of America’s rural poor. Civil…
Both sides claim win in court ruling regarding fired Atlanta fire chief
Both sides claimed victory in a Dec. 20 court ruling that while Atlanta had grounds to fire then-Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran in 2015, a city policy forbidding high-ranking officials from speaking or writing for money unconstitutionally burdened his freedom of…
Pressler claims statute of limitations defense; his accuser adds slander claim
Retired Judge Paul Pressler says a lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse, which he denies, is time-barred by the statute of limitations.
Robert Jeffress says Trump ‘on the side of God’ with Israel embassy move
A Southern Baptist megachurch pastor says President Donald Trump was right to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel because the Bible tells him so.
Arkansas Baptist College and its new president part ways
A historically black college with ties to a state Cooperative Baptist Fellowship organization is losing its president after a little more than a year.
Baptist Joint Committee exec says saving Johnson Amendment a win for religious liberty
The head of a Baptist religious liberty coalition welcomed news Dec. 14 that language allowing churches and other charities to endorse candidates and engage in partisan politics is no longer included in a tax bill making its way through Congress….
SBC leaders mostly mum on Pressler lawsuit, but bloggers fill the void
Southern Baptist Convention leaders who regularly comment on current events have been largely silent about new allegations of sexual assault against “Conservative Resurgence” architect Paul Pressler, but bloggers began filling the void both within and beyond the SBC fold.
Lawyer who is suing prominent SBC leaders describes ‘Vatican light’ system for enabling abuse
Paul Pressler and Paige Patterson, key figures in a reorientation of the Southern Baptist Convention in the last century, have been named in a lawsuit seeking more than $1 million in damages for a man claiming physical and spiritual harm resulting from a period of Baptist history often called the “Conservative Resurgence.”
Supreme Court appears closely divided in dispute over cake for same-sex wedding
U.S. Supreme Court justices weighed religious freedom against LGBT rights during 60 minutes of oral arguments Dec. 5 about whether the First Amendment bars Colorado from requiring a baker to create a cake for a same-sex wedding.
Baptist ethicist says values voters should care about torture
A Baptist ethicist urged “values voters” who care about morality and believe in the sanctity of human life to hold lawmakers accountable for mistreatment of war on terror detainees during a hearing looking into one state’s role in a controversial CIA torture program used after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.