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Baxley says CBF is adapting as churches face financial crunch

Recent staff reductions at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship are the result of a downturn in unrestricted income, according to Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley. The change is a somewhat rapid response to real-time conditions, Baxley told BNG in a Feb. 3…

Ministry jobs

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…

How might we do justice and love kindness in times like these?

I have been a Christian, a follower of Jesus, my whole life. I was a church kid, one who participated in every activity and wore WWJD bracelets and sang along with the praise band at every youth gathering, confident in…

Ridgecrest reunion planned

A Ridgecrest Summer Staff Homecoming is planned for May 29–31 at the camp in North Carolina. All former summer staffers at the longtime Southern Baptist assembly are invited to participate. Although now run by a foundation, the camp for decades was…

Co-leaders of Alliance of Baptists are gone, interim named

Both co-leaders of the Alliance of Baptists have stepped down from their roles, and an interim director has been named. News of the personnel change came via an email Tuesday morning, Feb. 3, from the group’s board of directors. In…

Trading the Cross for a cause

Many moderate and progressive-minded Christians are trying to live our faith in the most actionable way possible. We want a church that takes suffering seriously, tells the truth about injustice, shows up for neighbors and looks like Jesus in public….

Group documents 20 times ICE and CBP shot civilians in past year

The cruelty of U.S. immigration enforcement operations can be counted in rising body counts, attacks against children and families and in the dehumanizing rhetoric federal officials are using toward immigrants and American citizens, according a report by an immigrant rights…

Remembering St. Brigit’s Feast Day and the Greensboro sit-in

Sunday, the first of February, was the Feast Day of St. Brigit (aka Brigid) of Kildare. It brought to mind one of my favorite prayers, which I designed as a piece of art. As it happens, Sunday also was the…

Baptism is a call to action

Have you ever heard a piece of music, read a poem or story or seen a piece of art that moved you so deeply you felt you knew exactly what the deeper meaning was that the composer, writer or artist…

Congressmen call for expelling Muslims from America

Republican members of Congress have called for Muslims to be expelled from America, have claimed Islam is incompatible with American culture and government and have denied Islam is a religion deserving Constitutional protection. “Islam is not a religion,” said Sen….

Judge rules against ICE blocking Congressional visits

Members of Congress may make unannounced inspection visits to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, a federal judge ruled Feb. 2. The order by U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., temporarily prevents the Department of Homeland Security from…

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit