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…
Baptist women share struggles, triumphs in life and ministry at BNG dinner
Dinner, dessert and fellowship, it turned out, were only appetizers at the Friends of BNG Annual Fund Dinner.
Southern Baptists boot church for racial prejudice
A quarter century after apologizing to African-Americans for white ancestors who supported slavery and Jim Crow segregation, the Southern Baptist Convention has kicked out a church for being too racist. The SBC Executive Committee reported June 12 to convention messengers…
Transitions for the week of 6-15-18
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Luke Beattie, to Main Street Baptist Church, Binghamton, N.Y., as pastor. Jeremy Dudley, to First Baptist Church, Argyle,…
As Southern Baptists grapple with #MeToo culpability, an abuse survivor seeks to pay her bills
The day before thousands of Southern Baptists passed a resolution proclaiming a wake-up call to #MeToo-style mistreatment of women in denominational life, Anne Marie Miller continued a month-long struggle to save her family from financial ruin. Miller, a former blogger…
Southern Baptists grapple with #MeToo complicity
The Southern Baptist Convention condemned both perpetrators and enablers of sexual and physical abuse in a resolution June 12 claiming belatedly to position the denomination on the side of victims. “We deplore, apologize and ask forgiveness for failures to protect…
Let go of buildings or face extinction, scholar warns struggling churches
Churches have come up with some creative ways to stay in their buildings in an era of plummeting membership and revenue. But many others – estimates range from 4,000 to 7,000 a year – are just plain going out of…
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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…
Under fire from #MeToo, embattled Southern Baptist leader withdraws from convention sermon
Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson has surrendered his assignment of delivering the keynote sermon at next week’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, while denying published reports that led to his recent firing as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Seminary…
Emerging Gen Z may deliver huge blow to religion in U.S.
It looks like Gen Z, the age group with older members just now graduating from high school, wants as little or less from religious organizations than their Millennial predecessors. That may come as little surprise to churches, nonprofits and businesses…
Religion Notes: Spelling bee champ clinches with word most evangelicals already know
Koinonia, one of the most popular Greek words in the English-speaking evangelical world, made a splashy return to the limelight during the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Transitions for the week of 6-8-18
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Paul Aita, to First Baptist Church, Olympia, Wash, as pastor in the interim. Samuel Brink, to First Baptist…