An Ohio city was wrong in using zoning laws to bar a resident from hosting a Jewish prayer gathering in his home in 2021, says Amanda Tyler, executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. “Being free to exercise...
I keep mentioning the news to people as though it’s about someone they knew. “Did you hear? Annie Dillard died.” People seem to sense something in my voice and respond with sympathy. Then comes the slightly awkward admission: “I don’t…
Imagine going into your kitchen, taking out the largest mixing bowl from your cabinet, and pouring in the most toxic chemicals from your workshop or from under the sink. What you would end up with is an explosive, dangerous concoction…
Someday, Donald Trump will be a mere memory. Just last week we were reminded, during the 9/11 memorials, that one-third of the nation’s population was not yet born when the planes hit the twin towers. That’s how soon firsthand memory…
Earlier this year, I went to New York City for a ministry trip where we prayed with people and gave out food through a food distribution center in Queens. While I was there, I was able to talk to quite…
Franklin Graham’s daughter, Cissie Graham Lynch, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. The post at the U.S. State Department requires Senate confirmation. The last person nominated by…
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked part of a Trump administration effort to interfere with the midterm elections by instituting last-minute complicated rules governing mail-in balloting. The Sept. 14 ruling upheld a lower court decision preventing the U.S. Postal Service…
The politics of U.S-Israel relations hit the concert stage this week as pop singer Ed Sheeran got caught in the crossfire between his opening acts and his concert promoters. All the opening acts lined up for Sheeran’s “Loop Tour” in…
Editor’s note: BNG has developed a shared content agreement with UM Insight, an independent news service mainly covering issues related to The United Methodist Church. This article was published at UM Insight Sept. 9 and is used here by permission….
Faced with a public reprimand from Richard Land, Al Mohler has modified — slightly — his position on evangelical Christians and the Constitution of the United States of America. During a debate on Christian nationalism at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho, Mohler…
The Texas Republican candidate for public office who criticized university students for not being white has doubled down on his comments. On Saturday, Bo French posted a photo of students at last weekend’s University of Texas football game with this comment: “I…
Baptist News Global’s newest podcast series launches today in both audio and video formats. “This Is My Story” is hosted by Lucas Hall, who will interview members of the LGBTQ Christian community and tell their stories. In episode one, BNG…
History, faith and action will come together in a facility opening Sept. 15 at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. The date marks the anniversary of the 1963 Klu Klux Klan bombing that killed four girls during Sunday services…
