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Perez and Aho named to new staff roles with CBF

A North Carolina pastor and a Texas mission strategist have been named to new staff positions with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Chris Aho, pastor at Oxford Baptist Church in Oxford, N.C., has been named director of CBF’s Thriving Congregations project…

Fire from Africa: The influence of ‘reverse missions’ today

While in the 19th and 20th centuries, America was seen as an exporter of Christianity to the rest of the world — in particular Africa — the 21st century is bringing a change some have called “reverse missions.” The United…

Even a majority of white evangelical Protestants now favors discrimination protections for LGBTQ persons

Significant majorities of U.S. religious groups favor nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans, including well more than half of white evangelicals, according to a new report from Public Religion Research Institute. The study was released March 23 as the U.S. Senate…

In Atlanta, more denial of persistent racism

It has become increasingly evident that too many conservative evangelical Christians are actively engaged in a calamitous campaign of denial about the persistent nature of racism in our society. The recent mass murder of Asian women in the Atlanta area…

VA chaplains have learned that mental health providers and clergy need to talk more and trust each other

As Steve Sullivan and psychologists convened small groups of mental health providers and clergy over the past two years, they learned that lack of trust creates barriers to integrated care. Armed with a grant from Bristol Myers Squibb, VA Mental…

From COVID to post-COVID: A ritual to mark the transition

Serving as pastor of a church in the Tampa Bay area, it seemed appropriate to have a life-sized cardboard cutout of Tom Brady at church the morning before Brady would lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the Super Bowl….

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…

Arkansas church creates innovative program to declare jubilee for those in need

When plans to return to their church building for Advent were canceled by the ongoing pandemic, the congregation of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church turned their attention from inward to outward and ultimately declared Jubilee. Beginning in mid-March, the Little Rock,…

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone

Perez and Aho named to new staff roles with CBF

Fire from Africa: The influence of ‘reverse missions’ today

Even a majority of white evangelical Protestants now favors discrimination protections for LGBTQ persons

In Atlanta, more denial of persistent racism

VA chaplains have learned that mental health providers and clergy need to talk more and trust each other

From COVID to post-COVID: A ritual to mark the transition

Ministry Jobs and more

Arkansas church creates innovative program to declare jubilee for those in need

It was a bad week for women, but it wasn’t unusual

The stars are lining up for Middle Church’s fire rebuilding fundraiser this week

My journey toward LGBTQ inclusion: God still speaks

A vote is ‘a kind of prayer,’ Warnock says in first Senate speech

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

Signs Of ‘Religious Psychosis’ Experts REALLY Want You To Recognize

Pro-Palestinian interfaith coalition protests Christian Zionist summit

‘Standing For Human Dignity’: Faith Leaders Urge Officials To Protect Midterm Elections

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The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone