A Ridgecrest Summer Staff Homecoming is planned for May 29–31 at the camp in North Carolina. All former summer staffers at the longtime Southern Baptist assembly are invited to participate. Although now run by a foundation, the camp for decades was…
Co-leaders of Alliance of Baptists are gone, interim named
Both co-leaders of the Alliance of Baptists have stepped down from their roles, and an interim director has been named. News of the personnel change came via an email Tuesday morning, Feb. 3, from the group’s board of directors. In…
Group documents 20 times ICE and CBP shot civilians in past year
The cruelty of U.S. immigration enforcement operations can be counted in rising body counts, attacks against children and families and in the dehumanizing rhetoric federal officials are using toward immigrants and American citizens, according a report by an immigrant rights…
Congressmen call for expelling Muslims from America
Republican members of Congress have called for Muslims to be expelled from America, have claimed Islam is incompatible with American culture and government and have denied Islam is a religion deserving Constitutional protection. “Islam is not a religion,” said Sen….
Judge rules against ICE blocking Congressional visits
Members of Congress may make unannounced inspection visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, a federal judge ruled Feb. 2. The order by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., temporarily prevents the Department of Homeland Security from…
Larry Lyon named Truett McConnell president
Larry Lyon has been elected president of Truett McConnell University to succeed Emir Caner, who was fired by trustees last year amid allegations of mishandling reports of sexual abuse. Lyon currently serves as senior vice president for business administration at…
Loomer ordered to finish paying CAIR damages
Trump influencer Laura Loomer has been ordered by a federal court to complete payment of a 2022 judgment against her to the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The payments were mandated by a settlement reached after her 2022 lawsuit falsely alleging…
‘These are not law enforcement tactics’
The Trump administration is endangering the very American communities it claims to be protecting through drastic immigration enforcement efforts, a Southern law enforcement official said. “Our role is to keep our communities safe, and what we’re witnessing all across this…
Anti-ICE church sign gets a chilly reception
A Baptist church near Rochester, N.Y., was prepared to stand its ground when a municipal official demanded it change the wording on the sign in front of the building: “DO JUSTICE, LOVE KINDNESS, ABOLISH ICE.” A code enforcement officer called…
Franklin Graham blames Renee Good, urges prayer for Trump team
America needs to repent of its sin and pray for Donald Trump and Kristi Noem and Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard, according to evangelist Franklin Graham. In a Jan. 14 interview on CBN, Graham issued the national call to prayer…
‘Courage is contagious,” Rep. Jason Crow says
“Donald Trump knows that fear is contagious, but what we know is that courage is also contagious and it is catching up,” U.S. Rep. Jason Crow told participants in the “Together for Democracy” conference Jan. 29. Crow, a Democrat and…
10 Truett McConnell trustees offer minority report praising Caner
Ten trustees of Truett McConnell University have gone public with their reasons for voting to retain Emir Caner as president while the board majority voted to fire him last Sept. 25. According to these writers, trustees are set to elect…