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Transitions for the week of 1-17-20

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES David Graham, installed as senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Twin Falls, Idaho, on Jan. 5. Previously…

Religious-liberty watchdog groups concerned by Trump’s promise to expand school prayer

Faith-based groups opposed to excessive entanglement between church and state voiced concern over President Donald Trump’s recent pledge to expand prayer in public schools.

Discovering your community through the practice of the Labyrinth

Every city has a story hidden in plain sight. Go and find it.

A failure of discipleship: Iran, Iraq, and American Christianity

There are plentiful reasons to question whether white American Christians, as a group, learned the right lessons following the so-called “War on Terror.” Our default settings have not changed.

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…

Franklin College fires president after his arrest on sex charges

The president of a historically American Baptist college in Indiana has been fired after his arrest on suspicion of sex crimes in another state.

Ruh-Roh: Study says dog owners more faithful churchgoers than cat owners

A paper by two sociologists explores the little-studied link between religiosity and pets.

Murdering Qassim Suleimani and the gospel of Jesus

The harsh truth is that Mike Pompeo counseled Donald Trump to murder Suleimani contrary to the gospel of Jesus.

Lawsuits in Arkansas, Virginia, test SBC’s local-church-autonomy defense for sexual abuse

Lawsuits in two states challenge the Southern Baptist Convention’s long-claimed defense that the denomination cannot be held liable for sexual abuse in churches because congregations hire their own pastors.

Our economic system rewards the privileged and lucky few. Now let’s talk about economic justice

If we could acknowledge that luck, as much as or even more than merit, determines everyone’s welfare, we could have a serious conversation about how our economic system is – and should be – structured.

Anti-Trump Republicans target evangelicals in ad blasting the ‘MAGA Church’

A group of “never-Trump” Republicans targets Christian voters in its first political ad warning that “evangelical leaders who lay their loyalty and faith on the altar of Donald Trump are betraying their congregants and their country.”

Small, one-pastor church lives into big vision with Koinonia Farm, Jimmy Carter and wider progressive movement

“There is a rich legacy of progressive Baptists doing things in here in Sumter County.”

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?