Twenty-five years ago today, our nation experienced one of the darkest days in American history. On September 11, 2001, nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in a series of terrorist attacks that changed our nation and, in many ways, changed...
Child liberation theologian and abuse survivor advocate Ryan L. Stollar died June 28 at age 42. The author, speaker and counselor left a detailed note titled “The End” on his website. According to that note, his death was not an…
Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., has renamed itself Myers Park Covenant Church. A news release from the congregation said the name change is the result of years of discernment regarding the word “Baptist.” “While historically meaningful, the name…
I believe I am an open-hearted person. I don’t debate, nor do I continue trying to explain things as simply as I can to the closed-minded people I may encounter along my way. Throughout my ministry, I have enjoyed many…
Recently, I saw a headline: 4 states offering Pride Month alternatives that celebrate family.” As if the celebration of LGBTQ Pride Month neither celebrates families nor requires an alternative celebration to better recognize families in different ways. The words we…
A Nashville judge issued a restraining order temporarily barring the Tennessee Department of Health from reporting the identities of hundreds of extremely ill and disabled immigrant children to a state immigration office. The June 24 order was issued in response…
The Trump administration can now end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and Syrians who fled to the United States to escape natural disaster and persecution in their home countries, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 25. The 6-3 decision along…
A handful of evangelical and conservative groups is pressing the Federal Communications Commission to change the way programs are rated so parents can protect their children from LGBTQ content. “For years, Hollywood producers have used kids’ content to push a…
This is the ninth in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol McEntyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church of…
A leading Southern Baptist Convention spokesman has taken aim again at the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., and author of the SBC’s constitutional amendment…
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick stood in the Oval Office last Friday afternoon and told the American people once again there should be no such thing as separation of church and state in America. Patrick, a Southern Baptist from Houston,…
Baptists should not sit quietly while the federal government considers a report that would redefine religious liberty in the United States. The Presidential Religious Liberty Commission’s draft report deserves a direct Baptist response. It challenges church-state separation while advancing a…
Good Friday 2026 hit me hard. The year 2025 was a difficult one for our family, and that pain accompanied me to Good Friday 2026. Except for two COVID-canceled years, I’ve attended Good Friday services every year since 2008, when…
