In the wake of the violence of January 6, 2021, some observers wondered why the insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol weren’t charged with domestic terrorism. The reason is simple: There is no standalone federal crime on the books for domestic...
Several months ago, I was riding in the passenger seat of a hearse from the funeral home to the cemetery to officiate a church member’s funeral. The driver kindly asked me about myself: Where I went to school, how long…
Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Baptist News Global has independently confirmed that Luke Cunningham, a former youth pastor at four Texas churches who was arrested on June 19 by United States marshals, is now the…
God called women to ministry in the Bible. God is calling women to ministry now. God will continue calling women to ministry in the future. That is a truth I wished to convey with the mosaic I designed and created…
Two days after the Oklahoma Supreme Court swatted down an attempt to use public funds to support a Catholic charter school, the state superintendent of public instruction mandated all public schools have a Christian Bible in the classroom and teach…
Ever since I was a child, I have felt a connection to music and the way it draws on an artist’s experiences and ideas to invoke new experiences and ideas within the listeners. Throughout my journey, whether as a woman…
After listening to Donald Trump give a speech laced with multiple documentable lies, a group of evangelical leaders joined in an “emergency prayer call” June 26 to ask God’s blessing on Trump in the next night’s presidential debate with Joe…
“With Louisiana Leading Way, More States Are Likely to Take Up Christian Agenda.” That’s how The New York Times began a June 22 story detailing that the governor of Louisiana “signed bill after bill this week on public education in…
It’s challenging enough for parents to raise children who love God. It’s even tougher to raise kids who love God and the GOP, say frustrated pro-family leaders. “A recent study reveals that moms and dads are off the mark if…
The Southern Baptist Convention somewhat surprisingly failed to pass the proposed Law Amendment that, if affirmed, would have changed the SBC Constitution to place restrictions on Southern Baptist churches hiring or appointing women to any staff position with the title…
I’ve been working at an affordable senior living complex for almost a year. The role includes serving as pastor of the church that meets on site as well as creating initiatives to nurture spiritual wellness within the community and the…
A couple of weeks ago, Mark Wingfield wrote to challenge his readers in his article, “The Strict Father Model is Killing Us.” After describing the differences between the Strict Father and the Nurturant Parent worldview models, which attempts to explain…
Following an unprecedented increase in efforts to ban books, some states are responding by passing laws that make it harder for partisan, ideological or religious groups to remove books from public access in libraries and schools and threaten librarians with…
