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Social media behavior a reflection of faith, theologian says

“What we share in status updates and how we talk to other people – what we rejoice over and what we lament – says something about what we believe about God.”

Former Christian Post editor says Trump posing as ‘pastor in chief’

A former editor of a Christian magazine who resigned last year over an editorial supporting President Donald Trump warned in a new commentary Jan. 23 of a new religious revival led by the Executive Branch.

As impeachment rolls on, Trump to preach to the choir at March for Life

President Donald Trump will be the first sitting president in history to attend the March for Life, an anti-abortion demonstration held every year since the Supreme Court established a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy in 1973.

Supreme Court hears arguments in potential landmark case over public funding of private schools

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Jan. 22 in a case described as a major test of the balance between religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

Minister’s calling brings her to crossroads of destruction and healing

“I would like to be teaching, preaching, and ministering wherever it is that God leads, whether that be in a congregational setting, academia, or elsewhere.”

Abuse survivors protest Paige Patterson’s invitation to speak at Florida Baptist church

Sponsors and speakers are distancing themselves from an event in February at a Florida Baptist church featuring Paige Patterson, a former Southern Baptist Convention leader fired from his job as a seminary president for mishandling reports of sexual assault.

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…

Oh no you didn’t: Ministers struggle with people behaving badly at funerals

Lack of knowledge about how to behave in church has reached a level sufficient to have experts offering suggestions to mourners on how to act – and more importantly, not act – when attending memorials and funerals.

Transitions for the week of 1-17-20

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES David Graham, installed as senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Twin Falls, Idaho, on Jan. 5. Previously…

Religious-liberty watchdog groups concerned by Trump’s promise to expand school prayer

Faith-based groups opposed to excessive entanglement between church and state voiced concern over President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to expand prayer in public schools.