Every year I’ve been on Facebook — for nearly 20 years — I’ve posted the same message on September 11: Every year on this day, I wake up remembering the clear blue sky. It was a perfect September day in...
A July 21 emergency ruling by a federal court saved thousands of lawfully present immigrants from losing work authorization and asylum seekers from the automatic rejection of their cases. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was scheduled to eliminate the benefits…
A coalition of Texas religious groups is demanding major reforms to how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carries out its mass deportation operations. Dozens of faith leaders from across the state gathered for a July 22 news conference to call…
A common criticism I get here at BNG and that some of my progressive clergy friends get in their congregations is this: “Why do you have to keep talking about Donald Trump and Christian nationalism all the time? Could you…
There are nearly 20,000 small towns across the United States, home to roughly 46 million people. I grew up in one of them. Sunnyside, Wash., was a farming town of about 11,000 people when my family arrived from Wilmington, Calif., in…
AI Appreciation Day is coming. Churches will get their share of attention. Much of it will follow a familiar script. AI-powered translation is entering American ministry. Congregations use it to offer live translations of worship services in multiple languages, without…
It may now seem surprising to many United Methodists, and even more Baptists, that for most of our histories in the United States, all Methodists and Baptists were regularly designated as evangelical denominations. The most important reason is that both…
One of the things I love about my job is that I get to read many manuscripts before they enter the public arena. This is usually a request for an endorsement. Last year, I had the opportunity to consider Harvard…
President Donald Trump is trying to reengineer America by making his anti-woke MAGA ideology the test for what the government does here and around the world. The U.S. could be both less safe and less healthy if he succeeds. At…
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…
White conservative Christian men are rising up all over the nation to take their place at the top of their families, churches and communities. We’re witnessing their rise to power through the Rededicate 250 events where men like Mark Driscoll called on…
President Donald Trump’s lawsuit seeking $10 billion from the Internal Revenue Service was a total sham, a federal court has ruled. In a July 13 ruling, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami said the litigation and the subsequent settlement…
An online influencer with a penchant for criticizing and lampooning the Trump administration sued the federal government for blocking her from attending a public event where Vice President JD Vance was speaking. Falmouth, Maine, resident Amanda McGonigle’s federal lawsuit accuses…
