Zimbabwe used to be among Africa’s top five most educated nations in terms of literacy and basic education enrollment. Legacy Christian denominations that accompanied colonial subjection in the early 1900s provided the bulk of quality public education for 100 years….
Gallup finds belief in five ‘spiritual entities’ on the decline
It’s been a rough couple of decades for belief in God, angels, Satan and other key spiritual principalities, new research shows. “Compared with 2001, belief in God and heaven is down the most (16 points each), while belief in hell…
Two little-known groups are training conservative legislators and school board members
Claiming today’s conservative Republicans aren’t anywhere near conservative enough, one activist organization has been training its own brand of passionate GOP culture warriors. “You asked for better candidates — that’s why we created the Statesmen Academy,” says the Family Policy…
CBF gets $1.25 million grant to serve immigrant and refugee families
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will receive $1.25 million from the Lilly Endowment to promote family-church partnerships that help immigrant and refugee parents nurture emotionally stable children. The grant comes through Lilly’s Christian Parenting and Caregiving Initiative, which seeks to help…
Why Tyler Childers’ new Outlaw Country music video is dividing fans
There’s another controversy over a country music hit, but this time it is more conservative listeners who are upset with a music video that depicts two men in love. The controversy over country music star Tyler Childers and the music…
What Sean Feucht meant for evil, Flamy Grant experienced as good
Sean Feucht, former worship leader at Bethel Church, founder of the pandemic-era Let Us Worship movement and unsuccessful Republican congressional candidate, didn’t intend to send a drag queen to the top of the Contemporary Christian Music charts. But when Feucht…
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Baptist News Global provides a free listing of ministry-related jobs for Baptist churches, theological institutions and organizations across the United States. Each free posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Postings may be extended another 30…
Opponents file suit to stop unprecedented Catholic charter school in Oklahoma
Parents, pastors and defenders of public education filed suit against state education officials in Oklahoma District Court July 31, seeking to reverse approval of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School as the nation’s first religious charter school. Plaintiffs want…
Virginia governor chided for saying immigrants bring drugs to his state
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s claim that deploying National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border helps protect the nation from criminals and illegal drugs is a ploy to villainize immigrants, rights advocates said during a recent livestreamed press conference. “It is…
NAMB wants to exclude damning testimony from upcoming trial
The Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board wants to exclude from evidence in an upcoming trial the testimony of eight witnesses along with a controversial amicus brief that portrayed the SBC as a connectional hierarchy. The July 28 motions…
Memphis church will host NOH8 photo shoot this weekend
First Baptist Church of Memphis, Tenn., will host a combination photo shoot and anti-hate protest July 30 to publicly affirm its commitment to LGBTQ people. “This has been such a hard year for the LBGTQ community. The political arena has…
New York Theological Seminary awards master’s degrees to nine female inmates
The first graduates of a new seminary program for incarcerated women in New York are modern-day examples of some of the greatest servant-leaders in Scripture, a state legislator said. “There are so many stories of amazing, courageous and inspiring women…