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Here’s who is behind the battle of the school book fairs

Conservative activists known for banning books in school libraries now have set their sights on the Scholastic Book Fair. Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher and distributer of children’s books and, with the help of librarians and PTA volunteers, hosts…

When you’re so conservative you appear to be liberal

Full access to health care for all people, so that financial incomes no longer determine health care outcomes. A path to citizenship for immigrants seeking safety and welcome. Racial justice. Dignity and equality for all without regard for sexuality or…

SBC Cooperation Group offers four recommendations, says Constitution is clear enough

A group tasked with studying ways to increase cooperation among a fractious Southern Baptist Convention has proposed four recommendations to be considered over the next year. In addition to the four recommendations, the Cooperation Group said May 1 it believes…

UMC delegates remove ban on LGBTQ clergy by consensus vote

After 40 years of wrangling and rancor, delegates to the postponed 2020 United Methodist General Conference overwhelmingly removed the ban on ordaining “self-avowed, practicing homosexuals” as clergy. The vote was 692 for and 51 against to approve the consent calendar…

Ministry jobs and more

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…

World Vision rolls out a subscription service to support humanitarian ministries

One of the world’s leading Christian humanitarian organizations hopes its new subscription-based donation program will attract younger givers and others eager for more ownership in the charities they support. World Vision’s new “Subscribe to World Change” concept encourages donors to…

UMC General Conference removes much of LGBTQ restrictions in consensus vote

The 52-year battle over the exclusion of LGBTQ people from full participation in The United Methodist Church turned a major corner April 30 through a parliamentary move designed to adopt measures that have broad consensus from legislative committees. The battle…

‘There’s no such thing as PTSD, OCD, ADHD,’ John MacArthur declares

Parents who medicate their children for ADHD and OCD are turning their children into potential drug addicts and criminals, John MacArthur warned earlier this month. MacArthur, a highly influential Calvinist pastor and author in Los Angeles, spoke on a panel…

Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church

Here’s who is behind the battle of the school book fairs

SBC Cooperation Group offers four recommendations, says Constitution is clear enough

UMC delegates remove ban on LGBTQ clergy by consensus vote

Ministry jobs and more

World Vision rolls out a subscription service to support humanitarian ministries

UMC General Conference removes much of LGBTQ restrictions in consensus vote

‘There’s no such thing as PTSD, OCD, ADHD,’ John MacArthur declares

TIME’s ‘If He Wins’ interview with Trump doesn’t mention religion, faith or religious liberty

Virginia church with historic ties to SBC will vote on leaving due to Law Amendment

The Holocaust Musaffecteum: Humbling irritations amidst genuine horror past and present

Rising Hope tells the story of overcoming adversity in Mississippi Delta

After US Aid Cuts, the Sick Wonder Who Will Visit Them

Inside a Christian mother’s fight against ICE activity in Chicagocu

Why removing a distinct religious code for Native American military service members will make their needs invisible

The Denomination That’s Half Evangelical, Half Black Protestant — And somehow holding together

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Theologizing with Larkin Poe, 10 years after Reskinned

Ministry leader with tall tales wins GOP bid for Colorado governor

What Willy Rice once knew

What I learned July 5 at church