Sarah McCammon and Michael Emerson will headline this year’s Friends of Baptist News Global dinner during the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly in Greensboro, N.C., June 20. McCammon, author of The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church, is…
Nancy French seeks atonement for past culture warring in Ghosted
Among the changes in America since Donald Trump rode down an escalator in 2015 and declared he wanted to be president: the end of Nancy French’s political writing career. As French explains in Ghosted: An American Story, she was a…
What can we learn from the Asbury Revival a year later?
The 2023 Asbury Revival confirmed young people are drawn to genuine and spontaneous expressions of faith and worship, said the author of a new book about the event that ignited a global religious and media sensation. What many observers overlooked…
Register for Sunday’s webinar with Robert P. Jones with Greg Garrett, Timothy Peoples and Mark Wingfield
BNG’s first live audience webinar is scheduled for this Sunday, April 14, at 12:30 p.m. Central time. It will be broadcast live from Wilshire Baptist Church, with guests Robert P. Jones and Greg Garrett in dialogue with BNG Executive Director…
Sex discrimination case against Moody Bible Institute may proceed
A sex discrimination lawsuit filed against Moody Bible Institute can proceed after a federal appeals court ruled the litigation poses no threat to the Chicago school’s constitutionally protected religious autonomy. The evangelical institution said it fired communications instructor Janay Garrick…
Bart Barber, a unicorn among SBC presidents, reflects on the state of the SBC as his term concludes
Bart Barber is a unicorn among recent Southern Baptist Convention presidents. And now he’s a lame duck, too. To participate in our interview by Zoom, Barber had to travel away from his North Texas farm. This is unlike any of…
Big-city coalition makes a case for why immigrants are essential to U.S. economy
A coalition including Chicago business, faith and municipal leaders announced a nationwide campaign to press the White House to extend work permits to undocumented immigrants who are long-term residents of the U.S. “I remain steady in my belief that a…
Transitions for the week of 4-12-24
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated bi-weekly. STAFF CHANGES Hannah Brown, concluding her tenure as college minister for First Baptist Church, Temple, Texas. Cindy Elmore, to Centra…
Ugandan Court endorses anti-gay law
Smarting from the disappointment of not having an anti-LGBTQ law passed by the Ugandan government last year reversed by the country’s Constitutional Court, members of the LGBTQ community in Uganda are rallying to further challenge the controversial act. Nicholas Opiyo, a…