The percentage of Americans who want immigration levels to decrease has risen sharply in the past year despite the nation’s urgent need for foreign-born workers in agricultural and other labor industries. A Gallup poll released this month found 55% of…
SBC leader joins other evangelicals in private meeting with Netanyahu
One day after being not fired by his board of trustees, Brent Leatherwood joined a select group of evangelical leaders for a private meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C. Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention…
Child Evangelism Fellowship celebrates legal victories against public schools
In recent years, conservative Christians have celebrated a number of Supreme Court victories, including overturning Roe v. Wade. But Child Evangelism Fellowship still celebrates a 2001 decision that “broke down the doors” of public schools for its after-school Good News…
First Baptist Dallas gets permission to try to save exterior walls of burned sanctuary
First Baptist Church of Dallas has received permission from the City of Dallas to try to preserve the exterior walls of its late 19th-century sanctuary after a four-alarm fire last week. Those red-brick walls appear to be all that remains…
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Black voters should be especially wary of Project 2025, speakers urge
Christian nationalism is “anti-blackness on steroids” with its attacks on voter rights, education and immigration, minister and racial justice advocate Cassandra Gould said during a webinar hosted by the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference. That “unholy trinity of Christian nationalism” is…
Ryan Walters descends from the Capitol with new commandments for Oklahoma teachers
The handwriting is on the wall for Oklahoma teachers. Anyone who knows the Jewish and Christian Scriptures would understand that statement is a riff on a well-known passage from Daniel 5:5 where mysterious handwriting appeared on the wall with a…
Anti-abortion forces seek to complicate fall vote on constitutional amendment in Florida
Advocates for a pro-choice amendment on Florida’s November ballot vow to fight a state committee’s decision to add politically motivated economic projections to the measure voters will consider at the polls. “Our campaign worked hard to ensure that the language…
Former Southwestern professor charged in FBI probe claims God told him in a dream to change his testimony
Court documents filed in the federal case USA v. Queen indicate Matthew Queen, former Southwestern Seminary interim provost and evangelism professor, now says God spoke to him in a dream, which caused him to change his testimony to the FBI. One of…
Breaking news: Leatherwood reinstated at ERLC, board chairman acted alone
Note: This article was updated Tuesday afternoon, July 23, to include new information about Kevin Smith. The chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission acted alone in firing President Brent Leatherwood yesterday, and Leatherwood remains…
ERLC removes president one day after kind word about Biden
Editor’s note: This article replaces and updates a previous article posted just two hours earlier. One day after Brent Leatherwood offered a gracious comment about President Joe Biden bowing out of the presidential race, he was fired as head…
Kurt Kaiser helped contemporary Christian musicians ‘pass it on’
The influence of legendary composer Kurt Kaiser is still felt in the Contemporary Christian Music genre he helped launch, author Terry York said during a “change-making conversation” webinar hosted by Baptist News Global. In his new book, Kurt Kaiser: Icon…