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Two parallels and an outlier: Graham Platner, Roy Moore and Donald Trump

The stories of Graham Platner and Roy Moore, although unfolding in different parties and different eras, trace the same institutional pattern: Modern political parties elevate outsiders when they are useful and abandon them when they become inconvenient. Platner and Moore...

BNG dinner to feature authors of new book about Ebola experience

By BNG staff The co-authors of a new book about the United States’ first Ebola victim and the saga that drew the world’s attention will be featured speakers at the annual Friends of Baptist News Global Dinner on June 18…

Midwestern Seminary adopts Danvers Statement

By Bob Allen Future professors of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will be required to teach not only in accordance with the Southern Baptist Convention’s official faith statement, but also must affirm different but “complementary” roles for women and men in…

Baptists helping Texas twister victims

By Leah Allen A deadly tornado that struck the Texas town of Van Sunday, May 10, has affected 204 total homes. Texas Baptists Disaster Recovery is on the ground assessing damage and preparing to begin volunteer mobilization. According to the Red Cross,…

Former Star-Telegram religion writer Jim Jones dies at 79

Vatican recognizes state of Palestine in new treaty

Bishops call for dismantling immigrant detention system

Mormon families are America’s largest, new study finds

Obama: Defeating poverty takes money and ‘transformative power’ of faith groups

Thinking about you on Mother’s Day, dear Mary

By Nora O. Lozano Dear Mary, I am not sure if when you were on this earth, there was anything similar in your time and culture to Mother’s Day. Regardless of the day, I do hope that Jesus and your…

Missions: Almost an out-of-body experience

[This is the third (missions) of a nine-part series on empowering a faith community to impact the world. Already hospitality and evangelism have been explored.] You’ve been there before. It’s that place of connection and you realize God is surreptitiously…

Welcome to the church of the rationalization

Surely you have heard of congregations with names such as The Church of the Resurrection, The Church of the Redeemer, and The Church of the Reformation. But, have you heard of The Church of The Rationalization? You may not know…

Everything I’ve learned this year

On] Writing: shitty first drafts. Butt in chair. Just do it. You own everything that happened to you. You are going to feel like hell if you never write the stuff that is tugging on the sleeves in your heart–your…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone