Baptist News Global

My story of being trans and the conservative Baptist school that made me that way

Catchy headline, right? You may be asking how it was possible that a trans person could even begin to thank a conservative Christian university. No, this is not another piece on how conservative evangelical Christianity made my life so bad…

Letter to the Editor: SBC should not repeat the mistake of the 1997 Disney boycott

June 7, 2022 Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: As a Southern Baptist minister for 40-plus years, I have been privileged to align myself with the beliefs, doctrines and cultural mandates for all Southern Baptists and Christians living in today’s…

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…

Cousins named Clemons Fellow at BNG

Emily Cousins has been named a Clemons Fellow with Baptist News Global for the summer term. She is a May 2022 graduate of Baylor University with a bachelor of music degree in vocal performance and a secondary major in journalism….

Do conservative evangelicals enjoy better sex and marriage? A response to Josh Howerton

Are conservative Christians doing better than people think when it comes to sex and marriage? That’s what Josh Howerton, senior pastor of Lakepointe Church, a Dallas megachurch, claimed in a viral twitter thread. He said conservative Christians who believe in…

It is well with my soul? How Mel Gibson and toilet paper helped rescue my appreciation of a hymn

I knew there would come a day when I couldn’t sing it. As a kid, I loved the majesty of the hymn It is Well with My Soul. As life’s harsher realities set in, however, I came to hate it….

State support for a religion usually makes that religion decline, new study shows

Achieving the status of a government-backed religion usually creates a dependence on state political and financial support that erodes the ability of faith groups to attract new followers and foster participation, a new study has found. “Further, the involvement of…

There are many more sexual abuse stories to be told from the SBC, and this is one of them

Note: The following opinion piece includes detailed descriptions of sexual assault. These past two weeks have been, to borrow a phrase from Russell Moore, an “apocalypse” for the Southern Baptist Convention. On May 22, an independent Sexual Abuse Task Force…

Georgia representative says Christian nationalism actually is a good thing

The ever-quotable and ever-controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene has a word of encouragement for Christian nationalists: You’re the hope of salvation for America. Greene, a first-term Republican from Georgia, issued a video June 3 telling her supporters not to listen to…

What Southern Baptists must do now to address clergy sex abuse

Editor’s note: After this article was published, the SBC Sexual Abuse Task Force pulled its June 1 set of recommendations from the website. Those recommendations eventually were replaced by an updated document June 8 that now exists in the same…

Meet the Mama Bears, who give away hugs and hope

A new documentary titled Mama Bears directed by Daresha Kyi has started sweeping the nation. Premiering at film festivals from coast to coast (and winning many awards along the way) this 90-minute film features three stories that encapsulate the heart…

Baptist missionaries exported white supremacy to Brazil alongside the gospel, historian says

The gospel Southern Baptist Convention missionaries brought to Brazil in the late 19th century contained at least as much Jim Crow as it did Jesus Christ, scholar João Chaves said during the Baptist History and Heritage Society’s second “Making Baptist…

Rise of American authoritarianism demands a choice, Perryman says

Shaving Dad goodbye

The Enhanced Games were another MAGA grift

It’s bad interpretation, not the Bible, limiting female pastors