“They stole $77,000. And that was all of my savings.” Her voice was so soft I (Doug) had to lean in to hear her. “I’ve talked with the local police, the FBI and the Federal Trade Commission. The money is...
A $10 million scandal has engulfed Hope Florida, a charity founded by Casey DeSantis, wife of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, that was created to help needy people get help from faith groups and nonprofits rather than the state. The problem…
Imagine former President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, posting a social media meme riffing off The Blues Brothers movie and declaring he’s “on a mission from God.” Conservatives would have lost their ever-loving minds. This would have been further evidence…
CBS journalist Scott Pelley’s commencement address at Wake Forest University urged graduates to defend democracy and freedom of speech — and set MAGA world ablaze in the process. While the author and 60 Minutes correspondent never mentioned President Donald Trump…
The Southern Baptist Convention has lost more members in the last two decades than many other denominations have in total membership, according to religion data analyst Ryan Burge. “The convention is down nearly 3.6 million members since its peak in…
Washington Post reporter Sally Quinn feels like she has been around the table in Washington, D.C., history and has met important people along the way she would count as friends. Quinn’s late husband, Ben Bradlee, was the influential Washington Post…
The board of directors of C3 (Christians Caring for Creation) and the Baptist Creation Care Initiative have signed a memorandum of understanding formalizing a strategic partnership beginning June 1. Both organizations will share access to their full range of digital…
Conservative legislator Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has introduced the Interstate Obscenity Definition Act that, in part, would ban pornography in the United States. As conservatives push more restrictions, we have to question: Who actually benefits from a culture that…
There’s a 29-point gap between Americans 65 and older who identify as religious and the share of young adults ages 18 to 29 who identify as religious. This is among the findings of the latest Pew Research Center Religious Landscape…
When I was 12 years old, growing up in the 1950s, I gathered every Saturday with hundreds of kids my age at the downtown theater in my West Texas town where the silver screen fed us lies that passed for…
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…
Jesus said it: But to what will I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to one another, “We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not…
On Wednesday, May 21, President Donald Trump once again sullied the presidency and our nation’s reputation by ambushing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with a made-for-social-media propaganda stunt that was peppered with lies and misleading video about an alleged white…
