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Supreme Court grants Title 42 another stay of execution
Title 42 is a “temporary” policy that will not die. And now the United States Supreme Court has given it a further stay of execution, to the delight of anti-immigration Republicans and to the dismay of those who work with…
In South Africa, should the Anglican Church bless a new Zulu king?
In South Africa, a new Zulu king was crowned in October for the first time in 51 years — and Anglican bishops rituals to “bless” the new King have sparked furor. The 12 million Zulus are South Africa’s biggest ethnic…
Gallup documents the role and influence of chaplains
American adults who have been served by chaplains hail the ministers for providing compassionate and effective care during some of the most difficult moments of life, a new study shows. “Most people say the interaction they had with a chaplain…
Winter solstice finding new favor as a spiritual practice
Winter in Scotland is cold and dark. The sun struggles to scrape together seven hours of daylight, and each day travels a little lower across the gray sky. For the emerging agrarian societies of pre-history, making spiritual sense of the…
In Oklahoma and Georgia, two Baptist congregations bade farewell to their buildings last Sunday
Some pastors may dread having to move their congregation from a prominent church building into former retail space with a liquor store on the property. But not Jakob Topper, senior pastor of NorthHaven Church in Norman, Okla. “I’m actually excited…
Atlanta church welcomes a Ukrainian family and learns about the bond of love
Olena Levchenko and her Christian family barely escaped Russian forces in Ukraine and bounced from nation to nation in Europe before learning a Baptist congregation in Atlanta, was willing to sponsor them as temporary refugees in the United States. Levchenko…
Faced with a tech boom across the street, South Main Baptist Church invests in planning
The real estate value of a church’s land is usually irrelevant. There’s no property tax, and unless a church is ready to sell its land, the fluctuations in value over the years don’t matter much. Until the property becomes too…
A true account of one migrant’s journey north
Anyra Cano, director of programs and outreach for Fellowship Southwest, recently interviewed a young man from South America who was released from a U.S. immigration detention center. To protect his identity, that man is identified here as “PR.” PR,…
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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…
Autocratic nations are pretending to embrace religious freedom, U.S. commission warns
Autocratic nations, especially in the Middle East, are increasingly adopting policies that only appear to foster religious tolerance, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. They do this to curry favor and trust with the United States and…
Jeff Foxworthy is a man at the mission
Every Tuesday morning, you’ll find Jeff Foxworthy at the Atlanta Rescue Mission. The internationally known comedian has served as a small group leader there for 12 years. This happened because he felt called by God to be on mission there….