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Another prominent Black Baptist pastor publicly quits the SBC

For the second time in two days, a prominent Black pastor has publicly quit the Southern Baptist Convention over its seminary presidents’ campaign against Critical Race Theory. “I keep hearing the words of Harriet Tubman: ‘We out,’” said Charlie Dates,…

Letter to the Editor: How can BFM be ‘incompatible’ with a thought process?

Read our latest Letter to the Editor from Randall Fields of San Antonio, Texas. Your comments are always welcome. Learn how to submit a Letter to the Editor.

In border migrant camps, it’s a cold and lonely Christmas — but there is hope for the new year

The little girl playing in a migrant camp in Mexico broke into a big smile when asked what she wants for Christmas. “A pair of skates,” 9-year-old Jennifer of El Salvador said through an interpreter during a Zoom call on…

Judson College needs $1.5 million or will be forced to close in January

An Alabama Baptist college that is the last remaining all-women college in the state needs to raise $1.5 million in gifts and pledges in order to remain open for the spring semester, its president told alumnae and donors Dec. 15….

The Greatest Commandment: Hearing one thing from the pulpit and saying another thing in the parking lot

This column continues a BNG opinion series explaining Critical Race Theory. Growing up with a children’s minister mother, who is intentional to ensure her preached theology is the same as her lived theology, granted me a holistic picture of spiritual…

Why can’t Christians so concerned about cults see that they’ve joined one?

My conservative evangelical upbringing taught me all the tenets of “true” Christian faith — the inerrancy of Scripture, that the rapture will happen any day, and that teenage hormones are sinful (even though they are also a gift from God)….

A response to critiques of Rev. Warnock, Black theology, and the Black Church tradition

When family members of the Charleston Nine forgave the white supremacist who murdered their loved ones after Bible study in their church, white Christians marveled at their witness to Christian faith, holding them up as models to be followed. Although…

Houston pastor quits Southwestern and SBC over seminary presidents’ statement on race

Another prominent Black Baptist pastor has challenged the six Southern Baptist Convention seminary presidents for their critique of Critical Race Theory, saying as a result he is abandoning doctoral studies at one of the seminaries and disassociating with the SBC…

What should it cost a denomination to control governance of a university?

How much money should a denominational body have to give to a university in return for the ability to control that university’s governance? Turns out, not much in many cases. As state, regional and national denominational bodies have faced declining…

Together for Hope partnership steps up the drive for hunger relief in Mississippi

Together for Hope is venturing full force into the realm of proposing legislation and lobbying to finance an expansive anti-hunger initiative in Mississippi. “I’ve never participated in a grassroots campaign quite like this,” said Jason Coker, national director of Together…

In the first year of grief, walk the perimeter

In the counseling setting, I often tell my clients it takes a year to get a sense of the loss we have experienced. I compare it to a person who has purchased a piece of land and walked out the…

The tangled beauty of America and original sin

The six Southern Baptist seminary presidents have condemned Critical Race Theory and forbade its use in seminary education. With this, they fell into lockstep with President Trump whose executive order forbade its use in federal agencies. He said Critical Race…

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