As the Southern Baptist Convention in its recent annual meeting has proved itself unreliably Baptist, it gives me pause to think about how quickly the transmogrification of this Baptist denomination into its ecclesiastical opposite has happened. Baptist folk often have...
In the last couple of weeks, one word or phrase that has been serially mentioned in the media is the Houthi, a Yemeni militant group. Most Americans — distracted by the war in Gaza — know little about this other…
Note: This article includes descriptions of child sexual abuse. Eight more former residents of the Lord’s Ranch residential treatment facility in Warm Springs, Ark., have come forward in a multi-plaintiff lawsuit filed by the Romanucci and Blandin and Gillispie Law…
When we talk about the Christmas story, we often think of Jesus in the manger, the angels proclaiming good news to the shepherds and maybe the wise men bringing gifts. It is often easy to miss the next story in…
Legal woes have expanded for Grand Canyon University, the nation’s largest Christian university and a school with deep Baptist connections. Late last year, the Federal Trade Commission sued GCU in a federal court in Arizona, seeking monetary relief and a…
The mission of Hillsdale College is to further “learning, character, faith and freedom,” but attorneys with the politically influential Christian school took part in efforts to create a slate of fake Michigan electors in an effort to overturn the 2020…
Jemar Tisby is one of America’s most important prophetic voices, a historian who teaches us how the American church has failed on issues of race and justice, who helps people who look like me wrestle with the truth. His books,…
In a season of extreme legislation against the transgender community, three West Virginia senators seek to up the ante with what has been called the “most draconian” legislation yet proposed against transgender identity. Senate Bill 194, would ban all gender-affirming…
The conservative Southern Baptist speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, who sought to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, now says it is “God’s will” that Joe Biden is president. That didn’t sit well with another of…
As my family and I began our short trip to Nashville, Tenn., from Atlanta for the Christmas break, my wife’s work phone began to ring nonstop. My wife works for a nonprofit organization that ministers to and aims to restore…
Nearly 500 people gathered in Albuquerque for the 20th annual Q Christian Fellowship conference Jan. 11-14. The QCF conference is an opportunity for LGBTQ Christians, parents and allies to gather for workshops, speakers, worship and connection. The theme of this…
The question of who knew what when about Paul Pressler’s alleged molestation of boys and young men surfaced anew over the weekend in a series of tweets between the reporter who broke the story of sexual abuse in the Southern…
Charles Qualls said his goal was to be at times pastoral and always authentic when he launched his popular Bubba-Doo’s column series for Baptist News Global in 2021. And he also wanted to use humor in the series set in…
