Meeting in Brisbane, Australia, on July 9, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Global Council unanimously approved 17 new members, bringing total membership of the BWA to 283 Baptist organizations in 138 countries and territories.
Alaska’s Nazi Creek renamed after 80 years, following advocacy by son of WWII veteran
A little-known creek in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska had been officially named “Nazi Creek” for 80 years — until this week.
Rising series of attacks on Christians occurs in central India
Growing lawlessness is a serious concern for Christians in India, a Catholic archbishop said after Hindu extremists attacked a house in the central state of Chhattisgarh.
Pro-Life Groups Prioritize Education
Sixty years ago, Life magazine showed the world what a baby in the womb looks like.
A ‘weird mirror that is Brazil’: New film examines link between evangelicalism, far-right political power
Protesters were dressed in national colors, holding Bibles and signs with crosses, singing Christian hymns and shouting battle cries as a mob violently invaded and vandalized the federal government’s headquarters. This scene of red, white and blue is familiar to…
One of the Last Remaining Christian Villages in Palestine Is Under Attack
The recent wave of Israeli settler attacks — burning fields, threatening holy sites, and attacking private property against the Palestinian Christian village of Al-Taybeh — should come as no surprise. They are not isolated incidents but the inevitable outcome of…
How NYC faith-based food banks, shelters are adapting to ICE fear
As United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has intensified activity across New York City, faith-based shelters, food assistance programs and spaces intended to be safe for immigrants are quietly adjusting how they operate. Though ICE has not yet raided a…
My Parents’ Obsession With Purity Nearly Ruined Us. Years Later, I Found Their Secret In A Box Of Their Things.
My first sexual intercourse, just before I started college, was unplanned. It would have been largely forgettable if we’d used birth control.
Jimmy Swaggart’s rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism
Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most popular and enduring of the 1980s televangelists, died on July 1, 2025, but his legacy lives.
Does Religious Affiliation Make Someone More Resistant to Societal Changes?
As some of you know, the church I pastored for 17 years held its last worship service last July. I wrote an essay for Deseret last year, which received a bit of attention. They asked me to reflect on that a year later, which…
The Christian Backlash Taking Hold
Shortly after the passage of President Trump’s domestic policy bill, Speaker Mike Johnson posted a Bible verse on his social media from Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth. It read, “All this is from God, who reconciled us…
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted
A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools. What they got from the eight-day Scopes trial was more than they bargained…