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As Ukrainian Baptists continue to shelter and feed neighbors, a CBF ministry center is bombed

A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship foster family ministry serving street children has been bombed by the Russian military, according to CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley. Located outside Kyiv, the Village of Hope is a ministry supported by CBF Global Missions and…

Putin is no Antichrist; he’s worse than that

In my last article, I related the rapture to Russia. Tied to the rapture is the idea of the Antichrist. My purpose now is to show that Vladimir Putin is not the Antichrist but that the danger he poses is…

CBF and Alliance pastor among Sojourners list of 10 Christian women shaping the church today

A pastor affiliated with both the Alliance of Baptists and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has been named to Sojourners’ list of 10 Christian women shaping the church in 2022. Aurelia Dávila Pratt serves as lead pastor of Peace of Christ Church…

What’s in your box? How I’m learning to put shame in the trash can

I spent years, decades in fact, boiling in shame. My scalding journey is well captured by one of the characters in DC Talk’s brilliant music video Just Between You and Me. I use this video in marriage and family classes…

In Ohio, Republicans are leading the effort to abolish the death penalty

The anti-death penalty movement in Ohio is gaining traction with conservative support and leadership amidst a national rise in Republican opposition to capital punishment. Eight states currently have death penalty repeal bills sponsored by Republicans, according to Conservatives Concerned About…

What an experiment with psychedelics 60 years ago might teach us about faith today

Sixty years ago, on Good Friday 1962, Civil Rights leader and minister Howard Thurman preached in Marsh Chapel on Boston University’s campus. Full of striking verbal imagery about Jesus’ suffering and God’s glory, his 85-minute sermon shook the otherwise silent…

How should Christians respond to rising gas prices in America today?

Sky-rocketing prices at the pump are showing no signs of slowing down. Some experts predict they are set to soar even higher. The national average price for a gallon of gas just hit $4.06, up a staggering 45 cents from…

Baptist Seminary of Kentucky joins CBF Florida and the Caribbean Islands in partnership

Baptist Seminary of Kentucky and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida and the Caribbean Islands have launched a partnership aimed at equipping individuals for ministry in CBF congregations in Florida and its neighboring islands. The partnership was approved last week…

This is how quickly someone can become a refugee

More than 2 million Ukrainians have become refugees in just 12 days. According to the European Union, that number could swell to as many as 7 million as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The world is witnessing the…

Mercer scholars explain the immense danger of Putin’s power play in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine has surprised some Western observers who previously considered the Russian president to be a pragmatic realist, even if an authoritarian one, said a Mercer University professor of Russian and Soviet history. “I never considered…

The post-Cold War ‘peace’ is dead; long live the struggle for liberal democracy

The matter-of-fact finality of these words startled me: “The post-Cold War order, which began in 1989, ended in 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine and said it had no right to exist as an independent nation.” The declaration came from Charles…

Dear Willy Rice and Ed Litton: I will gladly publish your explanation of Voddie Baucham’s theology if you will tell us exactly where we misrepresented him

The TheoBros have reacted with typical bombast this week to two articles we’ve published about Voddie Baucham. In predictable fashion, they have lobbed vitriol at BNG and our writers while accusing us of being vitriolic. This is a classic distraction…

Except for white evangelicals, Americans have soured on Trump’s leadership

CBF approves $16 million budget, leaders challenge more mission

The Black Church was not meant to save America

Caner sues Truett-McConnell for wrongful firing