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Chi Alpha campus ministry leaders indicted in Texas

Two leaders of an Assemblies of God campus ministry network have been indicted in Texas on charges of indecency with a child and trafficking of persons. One of the indicted, Chris Hundl, previously led a chapter of Chi Alpha World…

Why the Haitian shoe seller can’t sell shoes

Last month, controversy around the true nature of former NFL football player Michael Oher’s relationship with his adoptive family, depicted in the 2009 movie The Blind Side, reignited a conversation around “white saviorism” — the tendency for privileged white Westerners…

This week’s BNG webinar: Amy Butler

“Pastor Amy” will be the guest on this week’s BNG webinar with Executive Director Mark Wingfield. Amy Butler has written a new book, Beautiful and Terrible Things. This Thursday at 3 p.m. Central time, she’ll discuss the book and her…

A former victim of Boko Haram terrorism finds love in America; meanwhile, others remain in captivity

Over the past two months, two reports brought into focus the contrasting fortunes of victims of terror relating to Nigeria. One was the story of Joy Bishara, a former victim of the terrorist group Boko Haram, now living in the…

American idols: Andrew Whitehead on American faith and Christian nationalism

So many of us look at America’s religious, political and racial landscape and wonder what on earth has happened. How is it possible that American evangelical Christians, who once insisted moral fitness matters, could vote for a creature such as…

Falwell accuses Liberty University of financial and sexual irregularities in legal filing

The ugly legal battle between Jerry Falwell Jr. and Liberty University, the school he led and his father founded, grew uglier this week when Falwell leveled charges of financial and sexual impropriety against the school’s leaders. According to Religion News…

Samford students mark one-year anniversary with another silent protest for LGBTQ inclusion

One year after Samford University made headlines for its exclusion of LGBTQ-affirming campus ministries, a group of about 100 students, alumni and community supporters held another silent protest outside a campuswide assembly. The Sept. 19 protest outside Wright Center during…

As the House of Ni’isjoohl Pole returns to native lands, museums and missions agencies wrestle with their history of collecting artifacts

After nearly 100 years in captivity, a long-lost member of Nisga’a Nation in northern British Columbia, Canada, is finally heading home. The House of Ni’isjoohl Pole, a 36-foot-tall totem pole carved from a red cedar tree, has been on display…

Most Americans see immigration as a good thing, but Republicans disagree

Most Americans say immigration is a benefit to the nation and prefer it be kept at current levels or even increased, research by Gallup shows. “Two-thirds of Americans consider immigration a good thing for the country, while 27% consider it…

United Methodist court exonerates suspended Latina bishop on four charges

A United Methodist Church court composed of 13 clergy cleared suspended Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño of four charges after a three-day trial marked by complicated allegations of misconduct and often emotionally fraught testimony from clergy and laypeople from the California-Nevada…

Why, in a time like this: The importance of engaging today’s youth in world missions

This summer, a team of nine high school students and four adults from Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., traveled on a mission trip to Važec, Slovakia. Ours was the last missions team hosted in Slovakia by former CBF Field…

Creating inner peace

Last week I heard “therapy” mentioned on Zoom meetings, but not for the usual life dilemmas. The reason was generalized anxiety, a lack of inner peace. “I just need to learn new skills to live in this chaotic world now,”…

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