The old adage that “sticks and stones may break your bones but words can never hurt you” has been proved false yet again in an analysis by the media watchdog group Media Matters. Watching Fox News — and Tucker Carlson…
SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force gives update at halfway mark in its mandated timeline
Five days before Christmas, the Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Task Force released an update on its work, right at the halfway mark in the 12-month timeline between its creation and its required report to the 2022 SBC annual meeting….
Bubba Watson: ‘I wanted to be this amazing man, but I was trying to be an amazing man because of numbers’
Pro-golfer and two-time Masters Tournament winner Bubba Watson loves golf. He also is thankful for what God has done in his life. Those two passions come together in his new book, Up and Down. And, like finding just the right…
United Methodists renewing their vows through annual Wesley Covenant Service may struggle this year
Whatever future 2022 may hold, one thing is certain: Come the first Sunday in January, millions of United Methodists will renew their vows in a beloved tradition known as the Wesley Covenant Service. This year, however, the covenant service takes…
Sexuality, gender, pandemic and theology led BNG’s Top 15 most-read opinion pieces this year
Controversies involving sexuality, gender, religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccines, and Critical Race Theory made for the most-read Baptist News Global opinion columns in 2021. Highly read pieces also included deep dives into the contradictions of the Reformed theology, race-based fissures…
John MacArthur rallies pastors to preach against government bans on conversion therapy Jan. 16
Government bans on the discredited practice of conversion therapy amount to persecution of evangelical Christians and an “attack on the word of God,” according to influential California pastor John MacArthur. The pastor who famously defied county and state authorities to…
With New Year’s resolutions around the corner, D.C. pastor wants to help readers ‘win the day’
As a pastor in the competitive world of Washington, D.C., Mark Batterson has learned a few things about planning and setting priorities. Those lessons are the focus of his latest book, Win the Day. As many people prepare for the…
BNG’s Top 10 most-read analysis pieces for 2021 focused on vaccines and theology
Analysis articles that drew the most views from Baptist News Global readers in 2021 were dominated by the same topics that led in the categories of most-read news and opinion: the pandemic and vaccines. Three of the top 10 pieces…
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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…
Donald Trump Jr. tells young conservatives that following Jesus’ command to ‘turn the other cheek’ has ‘gotten us nothing’
Donald Trump Jr., one of the nation’s foremost apologists for the win-at-all-costs politics of his father, told an evangelical Christian crowd Dec. 19 that they’ve spent half a century turning the other cheek as Jesus taught and it hasn’t worked…
BNG’s Top 15 most-read news stories for 2021
Religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine, Critical Race Theory and uproars involving the Southern Baptist Convention were among the leading topics of most-read Baptist News Global news stories in 2021. They ranged from SBC pastors calling U.S. Vice President Kamala…
Baptist-Catholic dialogue continues in hybrid format due to pandemic
International ecumenical conversations between the Baptist World Alliance and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity resumed again in early December, the fourth annual meeting in a five-year series. Although interrupted in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the group…