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Pennies from heaven? Overlooked provision in Republican tax bill has churches on edge

A largely overlooked provision in a massive tax bill signed into law six months ago requires churches and other non-profits to begin paying a 21 percent tax on fringe benefits such as employee parking, according to a story broken this…

Oakland church steps out on faith and pledges to stop calling police

When the First Congregational Church of Oakland decided to hang a Black Lives Matter sign, they started a conversation that led them to try to stop calling police, especially on people of color.

Baptist Joint Committee head ‘disappointed’ by Supreme Court decision upholding White House travel ban

The head of a Baptist religious liberty watchdog agency voiced disappointment with Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision upholding President Donald Trump’s so-called Muslim ban. “We are deeply disappointed by the Supreme Court’s refusal to repudiate policy rooted in animus against Muslims,”…

U.S. not only place where ‘nones’ on the rise

Looks like you don’t have to be American or European to give up on religion. And the same is especially true for young adults, who are becoming “nones” around the planet just as they are in the U.S., according to…

I’m going on pilgrimage. Maybe that’s what our nation needs too

The U.S. presidency is, first and foremost, a position of spiritual leadership. Tragically, this president has wielded his spiritual influence to incite and divide.

Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and immigrants from a group of primarily Muslim-majority countries in a 5-4 decision, arguing it is within the executive branch’s power to “suspend entry of aliens into the United…

Supreme Court rules against California law targeting anti-abortion pregnancy centers

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a major blow to a California law requiring anti-abortion pregnancy centers to inform women about publicly funded abortion and contraception services.

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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…

Cooperative Baptists trek to border for prayer, advocacy outside migrant child care center

A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship subsidiary organized a weekend vigil outside a former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas, re-purposed as the country’s largest migrant child care center to pray for children separated from their families while seeking asylum in the United States….

One progressive Baptist’s take on CBF Dallas

This is not the CBF I thought I knew. This is a new CBF. One that is brave and bold.

The collapse of evangelical leadership was inevitable, but its resurrection isn’t

In moments that evangelical leaders had an opportunity to preach that true security lay in higher realms, they chose a civil religion that begged for political relevance and glory.

‘Zero-tolerance’ support thrusts Sessions into Methodist justice process

The political uproar over the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the southern border may have halted the Trump administration policy. There are even reports that some families have been reunited. But the theological uproar created when Attorney…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church