STAFF CHANGES Dan Barringer, concluding his tenure as interim pastor of First Baptist Church, Seymour, Ind. Brent Beasley, resigning as pastor of Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. Eric Bruntmeyer, to Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, as president, effective June 1….
Is Trump a moderate or a maniac? Divinity school professor isn’t sure
Last fall, Wake Forest School of Divinity scholar John Senior celebrated the release of his first book, which examines the moral complexities that shape how politicians govern. The book also proposes that those who govern should view their positions as…
Global Baptist Peace Conference set for 2018
Plans are underway for a sixth Global Baptist Peace Conference to be held in Cali, Colombia, in 2018. The gathering, scheduled Jan. 29-Feb. 3, 2018, is for Baptists across the globe who are passionate about nonviolence, social justice and the…
Christian website calls Trump candidacy a ‘scam’
In a first-ever position statement on a political candidate, the evangelical news-and-commentary website the Christian Post ran an editorial Feb. 29 urging Christians to back away from GOP frontrunner Donald Trump. “As the most popular evangelical news website in the…
Scripture pushes ‘messy family’ to grow, celebrate
Somehow, Buck and Stephanie Baskin make messy look good. They live in a quiet, Mesquite, Texas, neighborhood. But the quiet ends at the door. Inside, their growing family of adopted children are all hustle-and-bustle. When Buck opens the door for…
Paige Patterson named to Cruz advisory council
A Southern Baptist Convention seminary president has been named to a Religious Liberty Advisory Council created by Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz. Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, is part of a 19-member group…
Mohler says likely Trump/Clinton showdown a dilemma for Christian voters
A Southern Baptist Convention leader says evangelical voters will face a tough choice if the 2016 presidential election boils down to a race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.,…
BNG gets a brand new look
Baptist News Global has a fresh face! With help from our friends at e10, an agency with decades of experience in developing online and offline brand experiences, our new visual identity was developed to reflect our growth as an online…
Faith, MD motivates inspiring Baylor law grad
Ethan Lange vividly recalls the first time he met Allison Dickson. It was a few years back when they were students at Baylor Law School. “She struck me as a person I can be an influence on, who I can…
Gushee: Evangelical support for Trump a failure for Christianity
A moderate Baptist ethicist says evangelicals who support Donald Trump for president represent a failure of conservative Christianity. David Gushee, a distinguished university professor at Mercer University, attributed the Trump phenomenon to a failure to “inoculate” American Christians against ideas…
CBF personnel aiding with cyclone recovery in Fiji
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is deploying field personnel to the South Pacific island country of Fiji, hit Feb. 20 by the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. Eddy Ruble, who along with his wife, Cindy, was commissioned…
Citing divorce, CBF pastor stepping down
A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship pastor in Texas announced Sunday he is resigning his pulpit because he and his wife are going through a divorce. Brent Beasley, pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, said during his Sunday morning…