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William Barber says Trump’s acquittal a form of ‘Southern Justice’

The Rev. William Barber, whose national Poor People’s Campaign is winning comparison to Martin Luther King, likened President Donald Trump’s impeachment acquittal to predetermined outcomes seen by blacks in the segregated South before the Civil Rights Movement. “Poor people across…

Southern Baptist senator says his conscience is clear after Trump acquittal

Southern Baptist senator Lindsey Graham said Thursday he doesn’t expect on Judgment Day to be asked to give an account for why he voted to acquit in the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Transitions for the week of 2-7-20

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Joanna Capps, concluding her tenure as minister of children and youth at Benson (N.C.) Baptist Church. Ryan…

Trump uses National Prayer Breakfast to attack political foes

President Donald Trump opened Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast with harsh words about his political opponents a day after his acquittal at his Senate impeachment trial.

Trans 101 for churches: ways to make a difference for transgender persons

In this moment of such visible and harmful aggression against transgender people, the church has an important role to play as a loving, welcoming, inclusive and engaged community.

Letter to the Editor for 2.6.20

Amen to Eric Minton’s commentary by Ronald Grizzle, Flowery Branch, Georgia

‘You can’t get much bigger’ than the public mourning of NBA great Kobe Bryant

The Jan. 26 death of retired NBA star Kobe Bryant touched off a wave of public mourning that transcended social class and grieved many who aren’t sports fans. And that came as no surprise to Chanequa Walker-Barnes, associate professor of…

Trump touts school vouchers in State of the Union address

In a series of tweets Tuesday night, Amanda Tyler of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty described the proposal as an “astounding tax giveaway that results in massive subsidy of private, including religious, education.”

In a messy election year, let’s remember that the ‘Golden Rule’ applies to politics too

The 2020 election might be the church’s best witnessing opportunity. Or our worst.

Missiologist and ministry mentor Bill O’Brien dies

Bill O’Brien, a former Southern Baptist music missionary acknowledged as a leading expert in 21st century global missions, died Saturday. George Mason, pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, announced his passing on social media, saying his father-in-law and brother in Christ “did not wake up on this side of the veil.”

Sowing an enduring legacy

I pray declining and fragile congregations that are evaluating their future will make unselfish decisions about the kind of enduring legacy they want to sow. Only God is eternal – not particular congregations, their leaders or even their former missions.

Ministry jobs and more

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3 views on Donald Trump held by American Christians

US megachurches report strong rebound from pandemic

Baptists need to speak up again for religious liberty

What in hell became of heaven?