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McAfee names prominent pastor to preaching faculty

Otis Moss III has been appointed professor of homiletics at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology, where he has been a visiting professor. Moss also serves as senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and recently was…

Transitions for the week of 1-7-22

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated bi-weekly. STAFF CHANGES David Berg, concluding his tenure as minister to preschool and children at First Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Nathan…

One year after Jan. 6, some things are worth dividing over

In his classic work Why I Am a Christian, the late Anglican theologian John Stott prophetically penned gloomy words that, at the time, mostly fell on deaf ears. “The technocratic society, which diminishes and even destroys transcendence and significance,” Stott…

Next BNG webinar will feature conversation with David Gushee on his new primer on Christian ethics

BNG columnist David Gushee will join BNG Executive Director Mark Wingfield for a Jan. 14 webinar discussing Gushee’s new book, Introducing Christian Ethics. The webinar — beginning at 9 a.m. Central/10 a.m. Eastern — is free but advance registration is…

How Hagar shows us the meaning of divine motherhood

When thinking about the importance of motherhood in the Bible, many readers can name a few women who mothered prominent sons throughout Israelite and Jewish history. Women like Mary or Sarah, whose stories are well-known in Sunday school classes and…

Dis-membered denominations: Forgetting who we are

In 1990, in God’s Last and Only Hope: The Fragmentation of the Southern Baptist Convention, I wrote: Growing up Southern Baptist once seemed relatively easy. Elaborate denominational programs created a surprising uniformity among an otherwise diverse and highly individualistic constituency….

The limits of my right to be unlimited

Some time ago a number of people — I among them — were troubled by a cell phone TV ad that projected the idea that, “I need, no, I have the right to be unlimited.” The disturbing aspect for me…

Bumgardner named spring Clemons Fellow for BNG

David Bumgardner of Fort Worth, Texas, has been named a Clemons Fellow with Baptist News Global for the spring semester 2022. He already is well-known to regular BNG readers as an opinion writer, having authored one of the most-read opinion…

Baylor preparing to launch master’s degree in theology, ecology and food justice

It should come as no surprise that Jennifer Howell, director of a program blending environmental and theological studies at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary, perceives deep spiritual dimensions in the tilling of soil. “You recognize you are vulnerable to something bigger…

3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?

McAfee names prominent pastor to preaching faculty

Transitions for the week of 1-7-22

One year after Jan. 6, some things are worth dividing over

Next BNG webinar will feature conversation with David Gushee on his new primer on Christian ethics

How Hagar shows us the meaning of divine motherhood

Dis-membered denominations: Forgetting who we are

The limits of my right to be unlimited

Bumgardner named spring Clemons Fellow for BNG

Baylor preparing to launch master’s degree in theology, ecology and food justice

Beth Moore is not the first Baptist to journey to the Anglican Church

Vocal critic of SBC leadership leaves denomination over social justice agenda and Litton

Thoughts on crossing the threshold to a new year

Empires Crumble From Within

The July 4 white supremacist march exposes an uncomfortable truth about our country

Florida’s school choice program offers universal vouchers but cannot show systemwide academic improvement

‘Church Hurt’ Is A Very Real Thing. Here’s What Experts Want You To Know About It.

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3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

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Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

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