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What’s the difference between the Kennedy Center and a wedding cake?

So, what’s the difference between the Kennedy Center and a wedding cake? The First Amendment rights of wedding cake decorators are more secure than those of the center’s performing artists. Let me explain. In the same week President Donald Trump…

Trump’s Nigeria strikes: A misleading narrative

On Christmas Day, President Donald Trump announced the United States had launched airstrikes in Sokoto State in Northwestern Nigeria “to protect the country’s Christian population from the terrorist group (ISIS).” Although Nigeria’s Foreign Ministry acknowledged collaboration with the U.S., many…

Remembering Stephanie

On the third Sunday in Advent in 1991, as we returned home from Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., 16-year-old Stephanie Erin Leonard announced to us: “I think it’s time for me to be baptized.” It was the first…

Braxton Wade named BNG Clemons Fellow

Braxton Wade has been named a Clemons Fellow with Baptist News Global. Beginning Jan. 5, he will join the group of regular BNG writers producing news, analysis and opinion pieces. A Richmond, Va., native, Wade currently is a business leader seeking…

Judge blocks HUD attempt to change homeless aid

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to reduce the effectiveness of grants to provide dependable housing to people who are homeless. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently announced its intent to limit the…

What to know about Trump’s Christmas airstrikes in Nigeria

On Christmas Day, while many Americans were unwrapping gifts, the United States military was unwrapping a new phase of engagement in West Africa. At the direction of President Donald Trump, U.S. forces launched Tomahawk cruise missiles into Northwestern Nigeria, targeting…

Elevation Church forms partnership with Pentecostal university

Less than two years after attempting to quietly withdraw from the Southern Baptist Convention, Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church has announced a new academic partnership that steers the megachurch further toward the charismatic and Pentecostal mainstream and away from its Baptist…

Three suits seek to hold Kanakuk liable for previously awarded damages

Three separate lawsuits filed against Kanakuk Ministries by plaintiffs identified as John Doe XX, XXI and XXII will proceed in a changed venue and mark a new chapter in child sexual abuse litigation. This litigation seeks to determine what portion…

ACNA court acquits bishop, blames ‘narrative capture’ and social media

The Anglican Church in North America’s court for the trial of a bishop has unanimously acquitted Bishop Stewart Ruch III of the Diocese of the Upper Midwest on all charges of misconduct, concluding a tumultuous trial by blaming social media…

Alliance racial justice project gets more funding

Churches that THRIVE for Racial Justice, a partnership between Davidson College and the Alliance of Baptists, will begin a $2 million project supported by the Lilly Endowment, including $1 million in direct funding and $1 million in matching funds. The…

Letter to the Editor: American Baptists do things differently

I am proud to be an American Baptist. Our denomination is not perfect; far from it. But we have been on the right side of history more often than not. On this day, I feel compelled to point out what…

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?