I’m not sure if Esther Burroughs and Joy Fenner knew each other, but I suspect they must have. Both were trailblazing women in Southern Baptist life. Now they have died within four days of each other, causing an old-timer like…
City Elders declare themselves God’s anointed for government
Tulsa, Okla., is the home base of a relatively new organization that wants evangelical Christians to take over all levels of government and reign as “elders” anointed by God. City Elders, which now is a trademarked name, describes itself as…
Metaxas calls Bonhoeffer’s relatives ‘Jew-hating lunatics’
Relatives of Dietrich Bonhoeffer who have criticized Eric Metaxas are “Jew-hating lunatics,” Metaxas told Glenn Beck Nov. 23. On his podcast, Beck asked Metaxas about criticism of his portrayal of Bonhoeffer — a German pastor who resisted Hitler and was…
North Carolina pastor abruptly forced out of prominent pulpit
Two weeks after he preached a sermon calling for action to oppose the worst impulses of the incoming Trump administration, a North Carolina pastor was forced out of his prominent pulpit. Ben Boswell, who had been senior minister at Myers…
Antioch Declaration exposes a rift among neo-Calvinists
Within the ranks of the far-far-right of American neo-Calvinism, a rift has appeared that some call generational and others see as a rebuke of the patriarchs of patriarchal theology. The latest evidence of this rift is production of a lengthy…
It’s Pete Hegseth’s theology that ought to concern us
You may or may not like Pete Hegseth’s politics, but it’s his theology that ought to concern you more. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as U.S. Secretary of Defense has ties to one of the most chauvinistic and vitriolic…
Only 34% of evangelicals are loyal to a single denomination
The reported death of denominations has a key side effect, according to new national polling data: The death of denominational loyalty. Grey Matter Research and Infinity Concepts just released survey results titled “Denominational Loyalty: What Churches Can Learn from Consumer…
Trump nominates a Prestonwood associate pastor to lead HUD
An associate pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, is the first Black person and third Southern Baptist nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve in his cabinet. Scott Turner, 52, a former NFL player, has been nominated by…
The bathroom battles come to the U.S. Capitol
Al Mohler is proof that you can dress a fundamentalist in a $3,000 suit and he’s still going to come off like a sweaty William Jennings Bryan at the Scopes monkey trial. The ever-well-dressed and ever-opinionated Mohler slapped down the…
Northern Seminary names new president
Twenty months after forcing the resignation of its president due to abuse of leadership allegations, Northern Seminary has a new president. Trustees of the Chicago-based school, which is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA, announced Nov. 19 the election…
Stella Immanuel is campaigning to join RFK Jr.’s team at HHS
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn’t the only anti-vaxxer potentially headed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services if President-elect Donald Trump gets his way. He could be bringing with him one of the most notorious anti-science doctors of…
Matt Gaetz is a Southern Baptist who appears to get a free pass
One of President-elect Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet nominees is a Southern Baptist. Matt Gaetz, who abruptly resigned his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives last week just days before a House Ethics Committee was to release its investigation…