Baptist News Global

Conference confronts transgender ‘confusion’

By Bob Allen The transgender movement offers people “a secular and physically initiated conversion experience” that promises transformation without relying on Jesus Christ as savior, the opening speaker at a Monday morning event billed as the first-ever conference by evangelicals…

Can Indiana compromise on LGBT rights, religious liberty?

Lieutenant governor says Christians should consider arming themselves

How Donald Trump has found common ground with televangelists

Pope opens synod; calls for welcoming church but no gay marriage

Mormon Church appoints three men to its governing body

Who’s blessing whom?

By Scott Dickison Norma is one of my favorite church members. I’m sure pastors are not supposed to have favorite parishioners just like parents aren’t supposed to have favorite children, but hear my confession. I could go on and on…

#IStandWithAhmed, Pope Francis, and a LONG history of fear

A few weeks ago the hashtag #IstandwithAhmed didn’t even exist. Now it is the latest viral hashtag to take twitter by storm. The incident in Irving, Texas has drawn attention around the world. Prominent names from a wide range of…

Leave no one behind

As anticipated the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals last week. These 17 goals will help set a global agenda for the next 15 years (also called around the U.N. “Agenda 2030”). The SDGs are…

Churchless Believers: Searching for mystery, not the mission of church

There is a difference between ‘church work’ and ‘the work of the church’. For many churchless believers, they are weary of the ‘busyness of churchwork’ and hungry to engage the mystery of the ‘work of the church’. The ‘work of…

Church adds a little beer to Bible to soften Baptist reputation

By Jeff Brumley As a pastor, Susan Sparks has been intent on findings ways church members can get to know each other outside of Sunday worship services. As a moderate Baptist, she’s been intent on modeling the kinder, gentler side…

Egalitarian advocate preaches at Campbellsville

By Bob Allen A leading advocate of the view that the Bible calls women and men to share authority equally in service and leadership in the home and church recently urged students at Campbellsville University to push past assumptions about…

Rubio says US shouldn’t be held accountable by international court

Demands mount as Trump’s ICE agents kill two more people

The real American religion: A July 4 postmortem

9 months later, schools are paying for firing teachers over Kirk posts