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Inside NAMB’s deficit spiral and the retirees paying for it

When Baptist News Global reported the North American Mission Board was cancelling life‑insurance coverage it long promised to forced retirees, NAMB described the move as painful but responsible “stewardship,” a hard step it said would let the mission board “live within…

Spiritual questions remain after Abyssinian’s gender-bias lawsuit dismissed

The recent dismissal of a gender-bias lawsuit involving Abyssinian Baptist Church, while constitutionally predictable is spiritually and theologically unfinished. A federal judge ruled the claims brought by Eboni Marshall Turman, a former assistant minister and nationally respected theologian and professor,…

What do women really want? To move

According to a new Gallup poll, one in five Americans wish they could leave the U.S. and permanently relocate to another country. The demographic driving this record-high desire to emigrate are women and teens ages 15 to 44, 40% of…

There’s a reason more women seek help from therapists than pastors

The Gospel Coalition’s New Year’s resolution apparently is shoring up pastoral power by shaming conservative evangelical women for seeking therapy. “In my role as a women’s ministry director over the past 15 years, I’ve observed an increase in church women…

Trump preparing to warehouse immigrants like cargo

On Christmas Eve, the Washington Post broke the news that the Trump administration plans to convert seven large warehouses across the country into holding pens to collectively hold 80,000 humans. One of the selected sites is Hutchins, Texas, 30 miles…

Choose love, not ICE

On Wednesday in Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good during an otherwise nonviolent encounter. Video and eyewitness accounts, which show the woman attempting to flee from ICE as they aggressively attempted to enter…

The deadly result of excusing Trump’s lies

Renee Nicole Good is dead because evangelical Christians have excused Donald Trump’s lies. Is that a harsh assessment? Absolutely. Is it accurate? Absolutely. Here’s why: Trump’s first and second elections as president of the United States were built on a…

160 faith leaders urge Texas schools to reject forced prayer

State-organized school prayer undermines religious freedom by taking the responsibility for religious instruction from congregations and families and giving it to government instead, more than 160 faith leaders said in an open letter to all Texas school board members. The…

Prosecutors and civil liberties groups speak out on ICE raids in houses of worship

Faith organizations suing to prevent immigration raids on or near houses of worship have gained support from a diverse array of prosecutors, civil liberty and religious groups in a case against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Fair and Just…

In Minneapolis, Good versus evil

Renee Nicole Good was murdered in her SUV by masked ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis Jan. 7. One day after we observed the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, another avoidable tragedy with law enforcement…

Minneapolis clergy rally for justice after ICE shooting

It was a time set aside for mourning, remembrance and moral clarity as hundreds of pastors gathered in Minneapolis Jan. 8 for a clergy press conference one day after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman protesting their actions. “It…

New data debunk claims of ‘revival’ in America

New research shows religious adherence remains stable in the United States and the nation is not witnessing the “revival” excitedly proclaimed by Christian nationalists. In a survey released in December, Pew Research Center reported 70% of U.S. adults identified with…

Understanding Al Mohler’s case against women

BNG podcasts feature each SBC presidential candidate

What the church got wrong about queer people

Trump admin denies hunger strike at immigrant detention center