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McRaney hearing explores whether there are any times courts may decide ‘religious’ matters

Imagine a Jewish family taking their eight-day-old boy to a mohel for circumcision and discovering the Jewish official is drunk and maims the child’s genitals. Would the family be able to sue the mohel and others involved in facilitating the…

Even in March Madness, the playing field remains uneven for women

Every March, millions of people locate their yellow highlighters and black pens as they compete against family, friends and coworkers for bragging rights in their March Madness bracket contest. It all started in a Staten Island bar in 1977, where…

Women and girls suffer disproportionately from religious freedom violations, experts warn

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…

A Colorado city fights back against the prosperity preacher trying to ‘take over’ their town

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…

The UN security council is a sham

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…

What should we make of the curious case of Wendell Berry and a University of Kentucky painting?

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…

Netanyahu’s got to go but so do other obstacles to Mideast peace

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…

Are we really doing this again?

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…

Wait, make that five candidates for SBC president

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…

The Cross as moral example

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…

I won’t buy his ‘truth’ or his Bible

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 —…

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…

Matthew Vines sets off a debate over what it means to be ‘queer’

Dear Mike Johnson, be careful what you ask for

What, to the white Christian, is America 250?

Four years later, anti-abortionists battle on other fronts