Many of those tasked with shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development last year were completely unaware of the agency’s purpose and effectiveness, a former USAID official said. “I put Trump administration officials into two categories: Those who were cruel…
Tennessee will recognize ‘Nuclear Family Month’
Tennessee now will recognize June as “Nuclear Family Month” instead of following the national trend of recognizing Pride Month for the LGBTQ community. Gov. Bill Lee signed House Joint Resolution 182 making the change April 9, two days after the…
News update: Spokesperson says Driscoll not preaching at Trump event
Editor’s note: This article was updated Sunday evening, April 19, with additional information from Mark Driscoll’s representatives. First, Mark Driscoll sent an email to his supporters telling them excitedly that he had been invited to preach at the “main…
BGCT executive wants another study of relationship to Baylor
In the second Friday afternoon news drop in two weeks, the Baptist General Convention of Texas announced April 17 it will launch another study of the relationship between the BGCT and Baylor University. This follows a recent dialogue that concluded…
Judge says Trump may continue to target Somalis
A federal court ruled the Trump administration may continue to prioritize Somali asylum seekers for deportation while a lawsuit against the practice continues. Plaintiffs Hines Immigration Law and The Advocates for Human Rights expressed deep disappointment in the April 10…
At SBC seminary, Hawley says USA founded on covenant with God
U.S. government and society must be remade to conform with a 17th-century pact made by Protestant settlers to establish a Christian colony in America, Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said. “This country was founded on a covenant, and I don’t…
Graham comes to Trump’s defense and Kinzinger calls him out
Once again, Franklin Graham has come to the defense of President Donald Trump, but this time former GOP Congressman Adam Kinzinger isn’t having it. After the evangelist and Trump cheerleader posted a defense of Trump sharing an AI-generated image of…
Mohler and Pressley on women having a seat at pastoral table
Conservatives were “inches from losing the Southern Baptist Convention” before the “conservative resurgence,” Al Mohler told SBC President Clint Pressley in a new podcast. Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., has been a standard bearer for…
Pastors for Texas Children seeks second leader
Pastors for Texas Children, a statewide advocacy group that has become a national movement, will give its founding executive director to the national movement and seek a new state leader. Pastors for Texas Children was founded in 2013 by Charles…
‘We need the moral courage to stand where Pope Leo stood this morning’
Posting an image of himself as Jesus, making apocalyptic threats against Iran and criticizing Pope Leo XIV gave faith leaders and political strategists plenty to condemn about President Donald Trump during a recent symposium hosted by Yale Divinity School. Speakers…
Speaker Johnson joins Trump and Vance in warning to Pope Leo
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has joined President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in telling Pope Leo to stay out of U.S. politics. Johnson, a Southern Baptist who is a Christian nationalist — believing America is a…
Dan Patrick says separation of church and state is a lie
The idea that the U.S. Constitution promotes separation of church and state is patently untrue, according to the chair of President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. In fact, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick described the concept as the “biggest lie that’s…