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What I’ve learned from Evolving Faith

October always has been my favorite month of the year. I celebrate my wedding anniversary and my only child’s birthday in this memory-filled month. During October, my spirit soars as I bask in the splendor of trees aglow with autumnal…

The volatile concoction of social justice and sports

Mix sports fans, professional athletes, coaches, politics, race and social justice and you have a volatile concoction. Several years ago, ESPN’s The Undefeated reported on a poll exploring the “racial divide” in the NFL. The poll measured attitudes of fans…

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…

Layoffs begin at Southwestern Seminary

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has begun laying off staff as part of a financial restructuring approved by trustees earlier this month. No information was made public about how many layoffs were happening and who was affected. Baptist Press, in-house news…

Hardin-Simmons faculty overwhelmingly vote no confidence in president

Three-fourths of the faculty of Hardin-Simmons University have affirmed a “no confidence” vote in President Eric Bruntmyer. BNG confirmed the action with multiple sources with direct knowledge of the faculty vote, and the Baptist Standard confirmed the news with HSU…

Ralph Elliott, author of Genesis commentary that began the SBC’s battle for the Bible, dies

Ralph Elliott, the seminary professor whose commentary on Genesis became symbolic of the battle over biblical literalism in the Southern Baptist Convention, has died at age 97. Elliott died Sunday, Oct. 23, in Paoli, Pa. A family funeral service was…

This key leader at Planned Parenthood sees his work as a calling

The chief equity officer at Planned Parenthood is an ordained Christian minister who believes his work is a calling from God. In an exclusive interview with Baptist News Global, George Walker made it clear that he sees his work at Planned…

This is Halloween: Seven ways to do something good this Halloween

“This Is Halloween” is the opening song to Tim Burton’s 1993 stop-motion animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas. The movie is set in Halloween Town, a city where the community focuses on Halloween, under the leadership of the Pumpkin King,…

Only one-fourth of Republican parents say children should be taught the legacy of slavery still affects Black people today — and other findings from a new Pew survey

Parent eruptions at local school board meetings over the past couple of years are based in real and dramatic differences of opinion about what should be taught in America’s public schools, according to new data from Pew Research. For example,…

Faith communities must claim the courage ‘to keep trying, to keep your faith, there is hope’

In these troubling days, I am thinking of these heartening words,“Take these broken wings and learn to fly,” the lyrics of Paul McCarney’s song “Blackbird.” Many people from many walks of life sensed hope in the song McCartney wrote more…

Most Americans agree democracy is in trouble, but few worry about it

Although fragmented politically, a strong majority of Americans agree democracy is in peril. They also agree their pocketbooks are far more important than the future of the nation’s government. A New York Times/Siena College poll conducted this month shows 71%…

‘As it was in the days of Noah’: Questions for Christians, 2022

“As it was in the days of Noah,” Jesus said, “so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the…

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