A Cuban-born Baptist ethicist told a recent interfaith audience that the religious obligation in dealing with America’s immigration crisis runs deeper than showing “the virtue of hospitality.” “Hospitality assumes that I own the house, and out of the goodness of…
Franklin Graham meeting resistance to upcoming UK crusade
Gays, Muslims, politicians and progressive Christians are organizing to protest U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham’s upcoming visit to England. The Muslim Council of Britain and three members of parliament recently asked the U.K. government to apply hate-speech criteria to block Graham’s…
Transitions for the week of 9-14-18
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Scott Claybrook, to King’s Cross, Tullahoma, Tenn., as lead pastor. He comes from First Baptist Church, Knoxville,…
Harvey survivors watch, pray and remember as Florence bears down on Carolinas
Matt Cook is staying in North Carolina while his family evacuates to Florida to get out of the path of Hurricane Florence. But Cook, the pastor at First Baptist Church in Wilmington, knows he isn’t alone.
Georgia Baptist university cuts ties with Nike over Kaepernick ad
A Baptist university in Georgia is cutting ties with Nike in response to a new ad campaign featuring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Emir Caner, president of Truett McConnell University, announced Sept. 7 that the Georgia Baptist Convention-owned school will…
Reluctant appeals court says Pensacola cross must go
A federal appeals panel ruled reluctantly Sept. 7 that a 34-foot Latin cross standing in a public park in Pensacola, Florida, since 1941 must come down.
BNG seeks contact with those in the path of Hurricane Florence
Baptist News Global is preparing coverage of Hurricane Florence that is informative to our readers and helpful to churches, ministries and other faith communities likely to be impacted by the coming storm. We are asking our friends in the projected…
Some pray prosperity gospel will get them rich and healthy
President Trump’s high-profile embrace of prosperity gospel proponents like televangelist Paula White is shining new light on the theology of plenty that’s taken root in Pentecostal, evangelical and other Christian traditions. In the past few weeks, publications ranging from Patheos…
Religion Notes: Golden Gate Bridge jumper now seeks to prevent suicide
Kevin Hines, who survived a leap from the Golden Gate Bridge in 2000, will speak on “The Art of Wellness” at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 at Garner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. Hines is among a small group of…
Transitions for the week of 9-7-18
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Briana Ayala, to Centerpoint Community Church, Salem, N.H., as worship leader. Anyra Cano, to Texas Baptist Women…
New American religious ‘types’ revealed in survey, quiz
Religion in the U.S. is morphing so fast that observers often are at a loss for words to describe it. Terms like “nones” and “dones,” unheard of just a few years ago, are now commonly used by universities, seminaries and…
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