Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Gina M. Brock, to Ardmore Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C., as associate pastor. Gerson Garros, to Trinity Baptist Church,…
Supreme Court to consider government funding for faith, and BJC weighs in
Church-state issues can be emotionally, and legally, challenging subjects. They can influence the direction a municipality, state and nation can take on matters of faith and government. Now, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on church-state…
Tennessee GOP leader moves ‘upstream’ to ERLC
The executive director of Tennessee Republican Party has taken a new job with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville, Tenn., reported Jan. 25 the hiring of Brent Leatherwood as the…
From the marches: Women’s voices continue in days following historic events
Tens of thousands participated in women’s marches in Washington D.C. and around the nation over the weekend. Social media alone testifies that tens of thousands returned emboldened and inspired the experience. “The women’s marches were a phenomenal success and an…
Baptist columnist says Trump should abandon two-state plan for Israel
An opinion writer for a Kentucky Baptist Convention website says President Trump should move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and abandon hopes for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Mark Wohlander, an attorney and…
Trump signs orders supporting controversial oil pipelines
President Donald Trump signed executive acts Jan. 24 to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, reversing Obama administration environmental policies. The order hands a potential defeat to clergy who stood last year with Native American tribes protesting…
IMB trustee resigns over New Jersey mosque flap
A trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board has resigned in protest of the agency’s participation in a legal brief last year supporting construction of a New Jersey mosque. The IMB and SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission…
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 posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Businesses may purchase a post in the…
Protestors at D.C. church encounter unexpected response
A demonstration at a Baptist church in the nation’s capital Jan. 22 had an effect the protestors may not have expected — a strengthening of the congregation’s long commitment to social justice. A small group stormed through Calvary Baptist Church…
Baptist voices join Trump protestors in women’s marches
A protest movement that began with a grandmother in Hawaii and manufacturing entrepreneur in New York City meeting on Facebook the night after Donald Trump’s surprise election hit the ground Jan. 21, fueled by more than 2 million people around…
Mark Zuckerberg displays humility, interest in church trends during Texas visits
Religious, school and business leaders in two Texas cities were stunned to learn that the mystery guest they were scheduled to meet was Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. “You could have knocked me over with a feather” when the 32-year-old billionaire…
Religious groups say public restrooms should be segregated by sex, not gender identity
The Southern Baptist Convention joined Catholic, Jewish, Mormon and other religious groups in a recent brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court decision allowing transgender students in public schools to use the restroom of their choice…