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Caged and aged

Here in Mississippi, we cage and age people. The United States imprisons 311 out of every 100,000 residents, according to a 2023 report from the Department of Justice. Mississippi imprisons more than twice that number at 661 people per 100,000. Compounded by…

‘Cloistering’ is not the answer to America’s great divide, Burge says

U.S. society will continue to fragment into ever-shrinking political and religious clusters as long as Americans continue to shun those with different perspectives, sociologist of religion Ryan Burge said in a Denver Seminary podcast. The trend has been highly visible…

The (unforgivable?) sins of the white American church

The sins of the white American church began early on and have continued unabated ever since. For example, large numbers of American Christians enthusiastically supported the genocide of Native Americans, fiercely defended slavery, actively participated in Jim Crow segregation, and…

Ministry jobs and more

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…

13 CBF field personnel take early retirement offer

With funding from an estate gift, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will reduce its global missions force by 13 people who have accepted early retirement options. Some of those retiring will continue to work with CBF Global Missions but no longer…

Study finds very few U.S. adolescents are prescribed puberty blockers or hormones

Less than 0.1% of teenagers with private insurance in the United States are receiving gender-related medicines, according to first-of-its-kind research from Harvard School of Public Health. The laws passed by Republican legislatures in half the U.S. states and the stream…

Battle continues over Louisiana Ten Commandments law

All Louisiana school districts must comply with a recent federal court ruling barring classroom Ten Commandments displays despite contradictory guidance from a state official, civil rights groups said in a Jan. 6 letter to district superintendents. Three days earlier, Louisiana…

Russell Vought: The gung-ho Christian nationalist who helps Trump be Trump

Deporting millions of immigrants. Deploying the military to quell riots in the U.S. Eliminating the Department of Education and the EPA. Firing tens of thousands of insufficiently loyal federal employees. If Donald Trump’s ambitious campaign promises are to become reality,…

Harsh times offer progressives an opportunity to restore Christianity’s good name

Through deeds of kindness and love, progressive Christians will have a chance to redeem the good name “Christian” during the harsh era to come. This restoration is needed as never before in our lifetimes. But it is not unprecedented. Early…

How the Dallas Statement led to the Antioch Declaration

On Nov. 24, 2024, prominent pastors and theologians — including Joe Boot, Jeff Durbin, Andrew Sandlin, James White and Doug Wilson — issued the Antioch Declaration. It describes and denounces “anti-gospel racial categories,” which its authors, rightly, see as a threat…

The death of truth

Remember way back in 2017, when it felt sort of quaint for Kellyanne Conway, then special adviser to President Donald Trump, to introduce the term “alternative facts” as a euphemism for the lying that characterized Trump and those around him?…

Richard Hays was a great scholar and a better human being

Richard B. Hays, George Washington Ivey Professor Emeritus of New Testament and former dean at Duke University Divinity School, faced many health challenges in recent years with grace and faith. Many family members, friends and former students now mourn his…

Rise of American authoritarianism demands a choice, Perryman says

Shaving Dad goodbye

The Enhanced Games were another MAGA grift

It’s bad interpretation, not the Bible, limiting female pastors