Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated bi-weekly. STAFF CHANGES Kyle Bailey, to Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, Birmingham, Ala., as associate minister of missions. Rick Bailey, to Murfreesboro…
A year’s delay due to COVID didn’t dampen the 150th anniversary at First Baptist Church on Fifth
Waiting an extra year because of COVID-19 to mark its 150th anniversary has not stopped First Baptist Church on Fifth from celebrating its history through continued ministry in Winston-Salem, N.C. Nor has the church been resting on its laurels after…
Nathan Porter called a generation of Baptists to serve Christ and love the poor
A prince of a guy who loved challenging youth to consider a call to ministry and, on the other hand, someone who was the conscience of many Southern Baptists on poverty and race relations. That’s how friends are remembering Nathan…
Atlanta Baptist pastor prays an imprecatory Psalm against Republican candidate’s foes
A Southern Baptist pastor in Atlanta prayed an imprecatory Psalm against opponents of a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Oct. 4, according to an exclusive report by Brian Kaylor of Word&Way. Although media were turned away from the “prayer…
Americans may be pessimistic about public education in general, but parents remain largely pleased with their kids’ schools
American parents remain as satisfied as ever with the quality of their children’s education despite the hardships of COVID-related school closings, virtual learning and a national campaign to discredit public education, recent research shows. Even a federal study documenting drops…
As Trump rallies voters to hate immigrants, new research shows more evangelicals are listening to the Bible’s welcome
While Donald Trump continues to rally conservative evangelicals to his anti-immigrant campaign, new research from a conservative evangelical organization finds fewer Christians are buying what Trump is selling. As recently as a Sept. 17 rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump vocalized…
USCIRF again draws attention to attacks on worshipers ahead of country’s independence anniversary
Four days before anniversary celebrations of Nigeria’s independence from Britain, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom issued yet another statement condemning attacks on worshipers in the country. The terrorist attack reportedly claimed 15 lives. It happened in Bukkuyum, which…
Ministry jobs and more
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…
Annie’s Link keeps those cards and letters coming
When Jenny Nethery sat at her desk and pondered ways to keep in touch with employees of the former Home Mission Board, she never envisioned a communications tool that would eventually span nearly 1,000 individuals from multiple agencies. In 1997,…
Now a dean at Belmont, former attorney general Alberto Gonzales sees service as a gift from God
With students walking by in the distance, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, now dean of the Belmont University College of Law, still understands what life in the spotlight requires. In an exclusive interview with Baptist New Global, the nation’s…
On question of what to do with Confederate monuments, Americans are all over the map
While Americans are nearly evenly divided on whether monuments and memorials to the Confederacy should stay up or be taken down, there is even less agreement about what should be done with those monuments, according to new polling data from…
Samford loves all people but won’t advance ‘other expressions of sexuality,’ president tells students in video
“Each person will be loved unconditionally” but Samford University “will continue to stand on God’s word” and will not “celebrate and advocate for other expressions of sexuality than those historically supported” by the Baptist school, President Beck Taylor told students…