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Trafficking sting nets children’s minister

A children’s pastor at a Southern Baptist church was among 32 people arrested in a three-day human trafficking sting operation in Knoxville, Tenn., law enforcement officials announced May 20. Jason Kennedy, 46, children’s pastor for birth through fifth grade at…

Baptist leader asks Fla. governor to reject transgender bathroom order

A Florida Baptist executive penned an open letter May 18 urging the state’s governor to ignore directions from the Obama administration to allow transgender students to use the school bathroom of their choice instead of the one that corresponds to…

Amid a fiery debate, this Dallas pastor wants to learn about transgender people

A week ago, Mark Wingfield wrote a viral blog post for Baptist News Global titled “Seven Things I’m Learning About Transgender Persons.” While conservatives have railed against school restroom policies for transgender students, Wingfield took a different tack.

The divided Methodist Church

The Christian denomination is considering schism, largely over LGBT issues. The fight shows the difficulty of trying to create a global church.

Pope Francis: Employers not offering health insurance are ‘true leeches’

Pope Francis has condemned employers who exploit their workers by offering only temporary contracts or not providing health insurance.

No one warned me that ministry would make a mortician out of me

I want to build the casket and dig the hole. We usually hire those jobs out, but I want to do it myself. Remember the scene in Harry Potter where Harry buries Dobby, but refuses to use magic? Something about…

Can Baptists achieve synergistic missional collaboration in Philadelphia?

I write today to advocate for Baptists active in ministry in the megalopolitan area of Philadelphia to commit to synergistic missional collaboration. Let me begin with a definition. Collaboration is a synergy of efforts — missional in this case —…

Do No Harm Act seeks to rein in RFRA claims

Some who 23 years ago worked for passage of a law ensuring broad protection of religious freedom say now the Religious Freedom Restoration Act needs tweaking so it can’t be used to discriminate against others. Groups including Americans United for…

Prior to Ky. primary, Clinton appears at joint Baptist worship service

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton drew inspiration from a joint worship service combining two Kentucky Baptist congregations working to build community unity during a campaign visit to Louisville in advance of Tuesday’s Kentucky primary. The Democratic candidate for president began…

Protecting pastors without condemning neighbors

There has been a lot of fear-mongering since last summer’s U.S. Supreme Court decision recognizing same-sex marriage as a constitutional right.

Evangelicalism after Trump: Will the new Southern Baptist president detoxify the brand?

Candidates for SBC president were asked: “What do you see as the key moral issues of our day, and how can the SBC president represent Southern Baptists as America increasingly moves away from Judeo-Christian values?” Their answers reveal different takes.

Church of Scotland to introduce online baptism in bid to boost membership

Under potentially radical plans being considered by the Church of Scotland, the rites could be administered online for the first time in a move to redefine the idea of a congregation in the Internet age.

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