“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...
Four of the nation’s leading observers of faith, culture and public life are sharing their latest research and writing in a new online space designed to spark thoughtful discussion about the most challenging issues facing U.S. democracy and society. Diana…
What will Donald Trump do if he is reelected to a second term as president in November? So far, the Heritage Foundation’s controversial Project 2025 has drawn the most attention. But while Heritage has endorsed Trump, he hasn’t endorsed Heritage’s…
Once the party of “law and order,” the Republican Party now enthusiastically supports convicted felon Donald Trump, seeing him as a victim of political persecution rather than facing justice for his crimes. House Speaker Mike Johnson has called on the…
There’s already a clear picture of what a second Donald Trump presidency would entail: Just look at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yossi Klein Halevi, in “Netanyahu’s Betrayal of Democracy Is a Betrayal of Israel,” provides a stark picture of…
Not since the Civil War has the United States faced such ill winds as we experience this Independence Day. The very idea of American democracy is under assault from internal forces convinced they are the lone defenders of democracy. The…
Rowan Williams is the past Archbishop of Canterbury, the retired master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and one of the world’s greatest living theologians. He is also a person who has thought concretely about social issues, governance and government over the…
Most of the noise at this month’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting was from men attempting to cement their pastoral power over women, Christian nationalists attacking religious liberty, messengers seeking to censure SBC leaders publicly, and the convention voting to…
As an ordained Baptist minister, I always knew I was unwelcome at the Southern Baptist Convention. But after my experience at their annual meeting this month, my body will always carry with it the sting of knowing I am not…
Just when you think Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can’t sink any lower, he limbos below the lowest bar you’ve seen yet. Although I doubt we would find the failed Republican presidential candidate doing the limbo because his fan club might…
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…
