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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…

Following the Star Advent devotion will begin December 3

Following the Star, the devotional series for Advent and Christmas, returns to d365.org starting Dec. 3. This series features Scripture, prayer and meditative thoughts accompanied by gentle music. This year’s writers are active members of d365’s three sponsoring denominations. Cooperative…

Arizona judge rules church leaders are not responsible for reporting sexual abuse

Should religious leaders be held responsible for disclosing to law enforcement knowledge that church members are committing acts of sexual abuse? On Friday, Arizona Judge Timothy Dickerson answered no. Dickerson’s end-of-week ruling dismissed a high-profile child sexual abuse lawsuit against…

Pressler’s former law partner, accused of knowing about abuse, is running for Texas House

Paul Pressler’s former law partner, who has been accused of knowing about the Baptist powerbroker’s alleged abuse of young men and not reporting it, is running for the Texas House of Representatives and aspires to become speaker of the House,…

Between Hamas and Boko Haram

I remember reading, long ago, that tragedy brings out the best in human beings in regard to empathy. But it also brings out bias. This has been obvious over the past weeks as the Israeli-Hamas war has unfolded. Since first…

Yes, Trump has a ‘radical agenda’ if elected again, but where’s the religious talk?

For months, national media have been reporting on Donald Trump’s proposed “radical agenda” if elected to a second term in the White House. What’s conspicuously absent from the volumes of promises Trump has made is much reference to “religion” or…

Pastor indicted in Georgia election case is ‘American hero’ to conservative Christians

Georgia prosecutors indicted Stephen Cliffgard Lee on five felony charges, claiming he is one of 18 co-conspirators who worked with Donald Trump to overturn Trump’s losing election results in the state. But a handful of churches, conservative Christian media outlets…

Why the Black church must account for and attend to its own marginalized

When you hear the phrase, “the Black church,” what comes to mind? Who do you think about? Maybe high-spirited songs and impassioned sermons fill your ears as you recall attending a Sunday service where the majority of people in the…

Three years later, historic facade of Middle Church begins demolition today

Demolition of the facade that survived the 2020 Middle Collegiate Church fire will begin Nov. 20, Senior Minster Jacqui Lewis said in an email to her New York City congregation. “It’s deeply sad, but I’m also filled with hope and…

Transitions for the week of 11-17-23

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated bi-weekly. STAFF CHANGES Jordan Asbury, to West Hampton (Va.) Baptist Church, as associate pastor of youth and worship. Sheree Bagley, to…

Speaker Mike Johnson betrays core Baptist value

It didn’t take long for Baptists who care about religious liberty to learn just how far astray Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, has drifted from our traditional support for church-state separation. Based on his remarks from the…

Prison tables and the Lord’s Table

Note: This is the second in a three-part series by Chris Caldwell about his work in Kentucky prisons. When I was preparing to teach in prisons, I thought about a lot of things: bars, windows, cells, towers and fences, to…

Supreme Court slides into partisanship

Before the fireworks, be careful what you drink

The contemptible case of Clarence Thomas

The permanent paradoxes of Christian thinking about war