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Don’t succumb to criticism of ‘Happy Holidays’; it can be an expression of God’s inclusive embrace

The negative reaction to “Happy Holidays” is mostly about changing demographics, the politicization of Christianity, and Christian fragility. This greeting can be an expression of kindness, warmth, acceptance and love that transcends narrow sectarianism and reflects God’s inclusive embrace.

What our Wilshire congregation learned: Have ‘the conversation’ anyway

Congregations that open themselves to full participation by those in the LGBTQ community are likely to begin hearing the other side of the story they have missed for so long, and that story includes a lot of hidden pain.

Arkansas Supreme Court declines to prevent pastor/judge from hearing attorney general’s cases

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday refused to bar a Little Rock judge from handling cases involving the office of the state attorney general who in 2017 got him removed from execution cases after he demonstrated against the death penalty in his extrajudicial role as a Baptist pastor.

New Liberty University think tank aims to revive ‘Christian American culture’

Liberty University, a private evangelical Christian school in Virginia started in the 1970s by Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell, has launched a new think tank described in an introductory video as a “support network for the revival of Christian American culture across the nation.”

Transitions for the week of 12-6-19

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Preston Cave, to Texas Baptist Men, as missions and discipleship coordinator for students. He comes from Lakeside…

What if white Christians had a more realistic image of Jesus, a dark-skinned, religious-minority refugee?

Our dominant, white Christian culture has white-washed Jesus. Instead of expanding our understanding of those who are different from us, we have replaced them and their stories with a light brown-haired, blue-eyed lie.

I decided to make a list: 20 actions to cultivate hope

For me, the practice of cultivating hope during the Advent season began with a list of simple action steps.

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.

Walker Knight, founding editor of Baptists Today newspaper and former editor of Home Missions magazine, dead at 95

Walker L. Knight, a trailblazer in establishing a free and independent Baptist press, died Dec. 1 at age 95.

Less TV, more faith needed to help refugees along U.S.-Mexican border

“Believers in Christ in the U.S. are attached to the TV, which gets your emotions pumped.”

Telling the truth or creating our own realities? (And the wisdom to know the difference)

Today, in the land of the free and the home of the tribal, “discernable truth” seems tenuous at best. Americans are locked collectively in a truth-crisis so perilous that distinguishing “fictional” from “actual realities” has become a 24/7 confrontation across every segment of our national life, churches included.

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?