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SBC Executive Committee files amicus brief supporting NAMB against Will McRaney

The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention has weighed in with a legal brief defending the SBC North American Mission Board in a defamation lawsuit brought against NAMB by Will McRaney, former leader of the Baptist Convention of Maryland…

ACE American Insurance Co. denies allegations in Kanakuk’s recent cross claim

ACE American Insurance Co. is denying allegations made against them by Kanakuk Kamps in an October cross claim for contract breach and failure to defend the camp as their client in the lawsuit brought against them by Logan Yandell last…

New study finds Americans agree on issues facing their families but differ greatly on marriage and family in general

Democrats have grown increasingly disenchanted with marriage while Republicans, who support the institution, generally oppose public policies designed to help struggling families, according to the ninth annual American Family Survey. “Support for marriage as a path to stable, committed relationships…

Thank you, Jack

It is with deep sorrow that I received news that Jack Causey had died. Jack was a friend in the deepest sense of the word. He was my mentor, my pastoral supervisor in my doctor of ministry program, and was…

A call for immoderate mediators: David Gushee defends democracy from its Christian enemies

Like just about everybody these days, David Gushee is worried about the survival of democracy. His latest book, Defending Democracy from its Christian Enemies, addresses the problem of democratic “backsliding” or “deconsolidation.” As his title suggests, he calls out Christians…

Interfaith leaders influenced MLK’s Christian outlook, biographer says

While deeply committed to his Christian faith, Martin Luther King Jr. was influenced by Buddhist, Hindu and Jewish ideas in formulating and leading the Civil Rights movement, said Jonathan Eig, author of the new biography, King: A Life. Input from…

National leader of Chi Alpha resigns as sex abuse scandal looms

The national director of a college ministry that has been embroiled in scandal in Texas resigned Nov. 20, according to reporting by The Christian Post, a conservative online publication. Scott Martin had led Chi Alpha, a 300-campus ministry of the…

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…

Alabama Supreme Court declines to stop Samford from taking house of former fraternity

Samford University has won a 12-year battle for control of a million-dollar property once home to a now-banned fraternity on campus. The latest development in the saga of the Lambda Chi Alpha house came almost 12 years to the day…

Florida’s Latino community prefers Biden over DeSantis but Trump over Biden

Skipping verses: When the Christmas Kranks read Scripture, at Advent and otherwise

Virginia church fulfills the Great Commission and the Great Commandment by building a playground

SBC agency wants to make sure migrant children who are pregnant can’t get abortions