Baptist News Global

Meet a renegade Southern Baptist for LGBT equality

The tyranny of Sunday

The Sunday sermon is a beast that is difficult to handle. It comes every week and it comes fast. Each week we are expected to be our best and to preach a sermon that will leave folks moved and challenged. …

Let’s drop the kids at church and go get some coffee

In a recent conversation with leaders in a congregation they wondered about people who drop children off at church–particularly on Sunday mornings–and then go to a coffee shop to have some “alone time”. They indicated this was an increasing challenge in…

Baptists mark Ash Wednesday

By Jeff Brumley Baptists are increasingly observing Lent this year if Facebook is any indication, with news feeds filled with announcements of morning, afternoon and evening Ash Wednesday services today. Among the first were the folks at Park Avenue Baptist…

Church, CBF responding to Miss. twister

By Jeff Brumley The images and stories from Hattiesburg, Miss., present the devastation the Sunday’s twister brought to the city. But when finally reached by phone in the Mississippi town, Rusty Edwards had to mention the miraculous. “As far as I…

Virginia Baptist Foundation awards grants to six projects developed by Baptist ministries in Va.

RICHMOND — The Virginia Baptist Foundation has awarded grants totaling $15,000 — $2,500 each — to six projects developed by Baptist ministries in Virginia. Food ministries at Columbia Baptist Church, a grant recipient, include produce gardens, distribution methods and nutrition…

As Lent begins, Passport once more offers web-based resource to observe season

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Passport, a 20-year-old student ministry with ties to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, is again offering its “Journey to the Cross” Lenten series on its devotional website. Lent began on Feb. 13. The series, which will run through…

As Lent begins, Passport once more offers web-based resource to observe season

National Council of Churches, which includes 6 Baptist bodies, moves to D.C. in cost-saving measure

WASHINGTON (RNS) — The National Council of Churches is moving its headquarters from the historic “God Box” in New York City to Washington’s Capitol Hill — about a block from the offices of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty….

As Lent begins, Passport once more offers web-based resource to observe season

AU opposes taxpayer repair of churches

By Bob Allen A religious-liberty watchdog group is urging defeat of a bill before Congress to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to issue direct grants to churches and other religious institutions damaged last October by Hurricane Sandy. Americans United…

Matthew Vines sets off a debate over what it means to be ‘queer’

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts

Meet a renegade Southern Baptist for LGBT equality

The tyranny of Sunday

Let’s drop the kids at church and go get some coffee

Baptists mark Ash Wednesday

Church, CBF responding to Miss. twister

Virginia Baptist Foundation awards grants to six projects developed by Baptist ministries in Va.

As Lent begins, Passport once more offers web-based resource to observe season

As Lent begins, Passport once more offers web-based resource to observe season

As Lent begins, Passport once more offers web-based resource to observe season

National Council of Churches, which includes 6 Baptist bodies, moves to D.C. in cost-saving measure

As Lent begins, Passport once more offers web-based resource to observe season

AU opposes taxpayer repair of churches

Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See

A Pastoral Response from BWA and UBLA

Amazon’s Second Season Of ‘Hazbin Hotel’ Reinvents Christian Redemption

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

Featured

Matthew Vines sets off a debate over what it means to be ‘queer’

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts