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The Southern Baptists dumped a predator or two, but let’s hold off on the F-word

The #metoo and #churchtoo movements have put SBC leaders on the defensive, as earlier revelations of widespread child sexual abuse by priests did to the all-male Roman Catholic hierarchy. Yet both groups continue to deny that there could be any…

Episcopal convention approves a ‘pastoral solution’ on same-sex marriage

Same-sex couples will now be able to marry in their home parish even if their local bishop has moral objections to gay marriage, Episcopal Church leaders decided on Friday (July 13).

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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…

Pastor-judge files appeal of case dismissal

An Arkansas judge barred from hearing death penalty cases after attending a rally against capital punishment in his other job as a Baptist pastor claims a three-judge panel rushed to judgment when it dismissed his lawsuit and wants a rehearing…

Even never Trump evangelicals might be swayed by the Supreme Court

Particularly in the evangelical world, the divisions over the 2016 election were bitter. Two years later, their largely positive reaction to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is one sign that the intense political fractures in the evangelical world are fading.

“Under Trump, the government is worse than it has been before,” Jimmy Carter says

Exactly 39 years ago July 15, President Jimmy Carter delivered a speech that foresaw many of the problems America faces now.

Baylor settles with former student who accused football players of gang rape

Several Baylor officials did not properly respond to her claims, the unnamed plaintiff said in her lawsuit filed 14 months ago in Waco’s U.S. District Court.

#MeToo fallout continues for Memphis megachurch

Six months after he stood by a staff member accused of past sexual assault of a teenager, the founding pastor of a megachurch in Memphis, Tennessee, has resigned. Lead Pastor Chris Conlee and trustees of Highpoint church released a joint…

Why Americans prefer a Bible in their hands to one at their finger tips

Americans are online for everything nowadays, but evidence shows most prefer paper and ink to read the Good Book. And that’s no surprise to Troy Dixon, the lead pastor at Normandy Park Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. “As the world…

Judge Kavanaugh: do you believe it’s legitimate for our government to favor Christians over adherents of other religions?

As a teacher of political theory and constitutional law – and as a Baptist Christian – I would like to know the views of Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh on the meaning of religious freedom as guaranteed by the First Amendment. More specifically, I would like to know if Kavanaugh believes it is legitimate for our government to favor Christians over adherents of other religions.

Once militantly anti-abortion, evangelical minister now lives ‘with regret’

Rob Schenck’s new memoir, Costly Grace, tells the story of the different phases of his religious and political life and explains why he changed — and how he now preaches a more inclusive message, embracing the people he once demonized.

Trump’s Supreme Court pick once ruled against figure in SBC ‘conservative resurgence’

Opinions vary about whether the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would be good news or bad news for religious liberty, but one of a handful of church-state cases he has weighed during his 12 years…

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?