It is midnight. Not the kind of midnight measured by clocks. The kind that settles into your bones. The kind that lingers long after the sun has risen. We all know this midnight. It is the midnight of the marriage...
The Religious Right’s mixed reaction to last week’s highly staged Rose Garden signing of an executive order on religious liberty might be a useful gauge of leaders’ level of cynicism—or their willingness to play along with Trump’s own cynical use…
A few years ago a commentator observed that while we evangelicals have a lot to say about judicial decisions, when it comes to choosing justices who have conservative religious views, the nod typically goes to Catholics because evangelicals lack the requisite…
How corruption scandals are driving young Christians away from megachurches and conservative politics.
There’s a social dynamic that is no stranger to history and seems especially at work in our country today, but is too seldom talked about. Let’s take a look at a few institutions. First, there are public schools. The fundamental…
Baptist News Global provides a free listing of ministry-related jobs for Baptist churches, theological institutions and organizations across the United States. Each posting is for 30 days and is limited to 150 words. Businesses may purchase a post in the…
Turning local police into ICE agents makes everyone less safe.
Sweeping heavenward like an enormous glass-and-metal ski jump, a new Protestant church dominates the crumbled earth, freshly planted trees and unfinished water features of a suburban park under construction in Changsha, China.
The idea of caring for creation was not in dispute at church, but the specific action of divestment raised a number of challenging questions. Does divestment reflect biblical principles of good stewardship? Can we really say we believe in social justice if we don’t divest? Is this financially responsible?
Services such as providing church planters with the religious makeup of specific communities were once the monopoly of denominations and other large groups. Now they are also available from third-party providers.
A Southern Baptist lawmaker picked by President Trump as Secretary of the Army withdrew his nomination May 5, saying criticism of his past voting record and public comments had become a distraction. “Tragically, my life of public service and my…
Kingdom preaching is dangerous, and it has always been divisive, but the price of our safe silence has been staggering.
The Johnson Amendment has perhaps caused the greatest division among groups historians say were probably not Lyndon B. Johnson’s prime target: houses of worship and religious leaders.
