“Take him out! Blow him up! Take him out! Blow him up!” the children chant during a vacation Bible school program at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. With eerie music looming over the scene, the viral TikTok video...
In recent years, conservative Christians have celebrated a number of Supreme Court victories, including overturning Roe v. Wade. But Child Evangelism Fellowship still celebrates a 2001 decision that “broke down the doors” of public schools for its after-school Good News…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the U.S. Congress for a record fourth time today. Netanyahu — who has been compared to former U.S. President Donald Trump — easily demonstrated his ability to speak more coherently, in complete sentences,…
First Baptist Church of Dallas has received permission from the City of Dallas to try to preserve the exterior walls of its late 19th-century sanctuary after a four-alarm fire last week. Those red-brick walls appear to be all that remains…
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…
Christian nationalism is “anti-blackness on steroids” with its attacks on voter rights, education and immigration, minister and racial justice advocate Cassandra Gould said during a webinar hosted by the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference. That “unholy trinity of Christian nationalism” is…
The handwriting is on the wall for Oklahoma teachers. Anyone who knows the Jewish and Christian Scriptures would understand that statement is a riff on a well-known passage from Daniel 5:5 where mysterious handwriting appeared on the wall with a…
Advocates for a pro-choice amendment on Florida’s November ballot vow to fight a state committee’s decision to add politically motivated economic projections to the measure voters will consider at the polls. “Our campaign worked hard to ensure that the language…
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again now: The Southern Baptist Convention’s system of electing trustees to oversee its agencies and institutions is broken and in need of dramatic reform. The latest evidence comes from the bizarre turn…
Recently I returned to Mississippi to preach at the United Methodist church I served immediately out of seminary. I turned 23 shortly after moving in. It’s a country church in Southwest Mississippi not unlike the one where I grew up….
Kamala Harris and I both were born in October 1964, which means we have no living memories of Martin Luther King Jr., the moon landing or the Vietnam War. According to most dividing lines, we were born in the last…
Court documents filed in the federal case USA v. Queen indicate Matthew Queen, former Southwestern Seminary interim provost and evangelism professor, now says God spoke to him in a dream, which caused him to change his testimony to the FBI. One of…
Note: This article was updated Tuesday afternoon, July 23, to include new information about Kevin Smith. The chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission acted alone in firing President Brent Leatherwood yesterday, and Leatherwood remains…
