Enemies of the MAGA movement “have nothing,” Stephen Miller said at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service Sunday morning. But conservatives, on the other hand, “are on the side of God.” Miller, who has been called the mastermind behind the most controversial…
Ministry job postings
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…
Book brings pet ministry into church’s mainstream
About 20 years ago, United Methodist laywoman Gayle McKuin Fiser and her pastor, Betsy Singleton Snyder, discovered they had a mutual love of dogs. What’s more, they realized lots of folks at their church had a similar affinity for their…
40 years later, Parental Advisory warning label still impacts music industry
The “Washington wives” were four women who said a flood of obscene and violent rock music was a “family values” issue America must address. At a Senate hearing 40 years ago, they argued for a record labeling system that would…
Erika Kirk will lead Turning Point USA, Sunday memorial planned
Charlie Kirk’s widow will take over leadership of Turning Point USA, the organization said Sept. 18. Erika Kirk will serve as CEO and chair the group’s board of directors. An announcement from the board said Charlie Kirk had said he…
White pastors lash out at Black pastor’s comments on Charlie Kirk
White Calvinist pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention are attempting to cancel a Black Southern Baptist pastor because they don’t like what he said about Charlie Kirk. Tom Buck, a Southern Baptist gadfly who is pastor of First Baptist Church…
ERLC quits Evangelical Immigration Table
The Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission has broken ties with the Evangelical Immigration Table. The national group’s mission is “to encourage distinctly biblical thinking about issues of immigration” and advocate for “public policies consistent with biblical values.”…
Texas curriculum fight offers lessons in advocacy, Tyler says
The new “Bluebonnet” curriculum in Texas furthers the mythology of America as a Christian nation and tries to “indoctrinate that history at a very early age for young Texans,” according to Amanda Tyler. Tyler, who leads Baptist Joint Committee on…
Prof reviews proper and improper uses of Bible in public schools
The Bible has not been banned from public schools, but there are appropriate and inappropriate ways to use it there, a professor told a summit on religion and public education Sept. 16. Mark Chancey, professor of religious studies at Southern…
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…
Interfaith work called key to preserving religious liberty in public education
“Interfaith work is at the center of the work to save this country,” Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum told a summit on religious freedom in public schools Sept. 15. Kleinbaum, senior rabbi emerita at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York City,…
To fight for democracy, act locally, Perryman advises
The way to win in the global fight for democracy is to think locally, according to Skye Perryman, president of Democracy Forward. In a keynote address to a summit on religious freedom in public schools held in Dallas Sept. 15,…