An association of Baptist churches in Canada is calling for a boycott of the nation’s second-largest supermarket chain to protest the grocer’s appeal of a human rights panel’s finding that the store engaged in racial profiling.
Trump donates $100,000 for flood relief to Baptist church whose interim is conservative activist
Presidential candidate Donald Trump has donated $100,000 for flood relief to a Louisiana Baptist church where Family Research Council President Tony Perkins is serving as interim pastor. The Republican nominee and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, stopped at Greenwell…
Survey suggests continuing resistance among Baptists to LGBT inclusion
A little over a year after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, Baptists remain among the most resistant to LGBT inclusion among U.S. Protestant groups, according to new data from LifeWay Research.
Lott Carey tackles consumer debt
The Lott Carey Global Christian Missional Community has agreed to collaborate with a national faith-based initiative to empower communities and families by liberating them from consumer debt. The predominantly black Baptist organization announced a new partnership with dfree — a trademarked…
Appeals court upholds award to slain pastor’s widow
A federal appeals court has upheld a $2.4 million judgment against police who seven years ago fatally shot a Southern Baptist preacher they mistook for a suspected drug dealer. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in May that…
Son stabs father at church
A 21-year-old Kentucky man is in jail after stabbing his father during Sunday morning worship at a Southern Baptist church. Members and the security team at Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green, Ky., subdued assailant Ethan Buckley after he stabbed…
Good Samaritan act has ripple effect for CBF church
A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship church in metropolitan Atlanta gained national attention after the pastor got specific in a sermon about hospitality. “I have a proposal for you today,” Chris George said in his July 17 sermon at Smoke Rise Baptist…
Church playground dispute erupts into battle over separation of church and state
A church playground in Missouri has become the battleground for the next big religious liberty case coming before the U.S. Supreme Court. This fall the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trinity Lutheran of Columbia v. Pauley, a case…
Kentucky seminary names interim president
Academy of Preachers founder Dwight A. Moody has been named interim president at Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, one of 15 theological education partners of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Author says political endorsements by pastors a bad witness
Pastors who endorse Donald Trump for president are putting their allegiance to a political party ahead of Christian principles, a Baptist minister with a Ph.D. in political communication suggests in his latest book. Brian Kaylor, author of Vote Your Conscience:…
Southern Baptist-led group opposes California anti-discrimination bill
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter Aug. 10 opposing legislation proposed in California to close a loophole that allows religious universities and colleges to discriminate against students and staff based on their sexual orientation…
Search on for American Baptist leader
The search for the next general secretary of American Baptist Churches USA is back on with the first meeting of a search committee Aug. 8 in Chicago. American Baptists began seeking a successor to Roy Medley, who retired last year…