Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says James Talarico will “go to hell” for his beliefs about the Bible. Talarico is an ordained Presbyterian minister and seminarian who is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas. He will face erstwhile...
Special attention must be paid to the plight of women and girls in addressing religious freedom violations around the world, Nazila Ghanea said during a panel discussion hosted by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. “Now, you might think…
Voters appeared to reject Andrew Wommack’s plan to “take over” the city of Woodland Park, Colo., on Tuesday, electing a new mayor and four city council members who prevailed over candidates the health-and-wealth preacher endorsed. “We’re going to be Woodland…
You might be excused for not knowing that the United Nations Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on March 26 after the United States abstained from voting. Almost six months have passed since Hamas…
Judge Thomas Wingate, circuit judge for the 48th judicial district in Franklin County, Ky., has dismissed a lawsuit filed by writer and Kentucky farmer Wendell Berry and his wife, Tanya. Their suit sought to stop the University of Kentucky from removing a…
Baptist News Global Editor (and my friend) Mark Wingfield wrote a pointed condemnation of Israel’s brutal conduct of its war against Hamas in Gaza, led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. If you haven’t read it, please do so. Mark…
I’m tired already. And filled with a sense of deja vu and dread as we face another Trump run for the presidency. More than half of Trump supporters in 2024 are evangelicals. Imagine that. People who profess to be Christian…
With four candidates already announced for this summer’s election of a new Southern Baptist Convention president, the field expanded again April 2 with an announcement by Bruce Frank, pastor of Biltmore Baptist Church in metro Asheville, N.C. Frank chaired the…
During the holiest of seasons for Christians around the world, thoughts turn to the Cross on which Jesus died on Friday before his tomb was empty on Sunday. At candlelit Maundy Thursday evening observances of the Lord’s Supper or solemn…
One presidential candidate is now selling an American-flag-draped, Constitution-including Bible for $60! If certain American evangelicals, certain Republicans and perhaps all people who still intend to vote for him know their history — especially the history of the Reformation —…
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…
The Florida Supreme Court has handed down two abortion rulings, one nearly banning the procedure and the other placing its ultimate fate in the hands of voters. The April 1 decisions making way for a six-week abortion ban and a…
The government of Israel, as led by Benjamin Netanyahu and empowered by his right-wing coalition in the Knesset, has become an evil empire. And their chief enablers are in the United States. This is a hard truth that must be…
