Baptist News Global

The day after the public execution of Alex Pretti

I returned from Minneapolis to Dallas Friday night. I expected the next piece I’d write for Baptist News Global would be about my experience participating in the clergy actions on Friday. Those reflections will have to wait. When I saw…

The TheoBros are getting the war they want in Minnesota

John Piper’s Minnesota minions are apparently rejoicing in answered prayers tonight as yet another one of their neighbors has been shot dead by ICE. Two weeks ago, Andy Naselli, pastor of Christ the King Church in Stillwater, Minn., and professor of…

What your pastor says this Sunday matters very much

I’m not usually one to say, “If your pastor doesn’t say X about Y this Sunday, then you should leave your church.” I usually encourage talking with your pastor, helping your pastor and fellow layfolks see the perspective you’re bringing…

Your government is lying to you

Friends, your hearts aren’t lying to you. Your eyes aren’t lying to you. Your friends aren’t lying to you. Your faith leaders aren’t lying to you. Your teachers and professors aren’t lying to you. Your government is. Federal agents executed…

Rigney defends Cities Church as ‘normal’

A controversial protest last Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minn., is symptomatic of a spiritual sickness in American society, Joe Rigney told Tucker Carlson. Rigney, a conservative Calvinist pastor who believes empathy is a sin, helped start Cities…

What should we learn from Hillsong and Sam Collier’s story?

When Sam Collier resigned from Hillsong Church in 2022 amid the unraveling of the church’s U.S. leadership and growing scrutiny of its internal culture, many assumed his public ministry had reached an inflection point, if not an end. However, three…

‘Trey’s Law’ legislation garners bipartisan support in Alabama

“Trey’s Law” inspired bills authored by Alabama Sen. Matt Woods and Rep. David Faulkner have been passed by their originating chambers with zero “no” votes. The bills now will cross chambers. SB-30 and HB-93 are public safety bills that would prohibit the…

Vance calls anti-abortion movement a deterrent to paganism

The anti-abortion movement “is about whether we will remain a civilization under God or whether we ultimately return to the paganism that dominated the past,” Vice President JD Vance told this year’s March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. Speaking…

2025 was the year Congress gave power to Trump

Last year saw an overactive president untamed by an underactive Congress. In 11 months, President Donald Trump signed 225 executive orders in 2025, a new record, while the House of Representatives passed only 70 bills, making it one of the…

Teachers union sues Texas over Kirk-related investigations

The American Federation of Teachers has filed suit against the Texas Education Agency for investigating and encouraging the firing of teachers for their social media posts about Charlie Kirk. After Kirk’s murder during a speaking engagement on a university campus…

Tennessee legislator wants ‘Charlie Kirk courtyards’ at universities

A Tennessee legislator has introduced a bill that would require every public university in the state to create a “Charlie Kirk Memorial Courtyard for Civil Debate.” Further, the bill would require such courtyards to measure at least 40 feet by…

Erika Kirk launches political revival tour with Greg Laurie

Erika Kirk kicked off her “Make Heaven Crowded” tour Jan. 21 at Harvest Christian Fellowship in metro Los Angeles, where controversial pastor Greg Laurie was on the program. Laurie is senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., and…

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