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Former Southern Baptist official charged with sexual assault pleads guilty to lesser crime

A former Southern Baptist missionary and denominational worker on Tuesday pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault 11 years after the denomination’s International Mission Board substantiated allegations of sexual abuse against him but did not report it the police.

Faith podcasts providing downloadable fellowship and formation

It seems just about everyone is listening to podcasts these days, and on just about every subject imaginable – from sports and history to finance, politics and, yes, religion.

On July 4, I will not be celebrating. Here’s why

Political leaders’ amorality and immorality about justice has always been tolerated, if not actively enabled, by religious nationalists in congregations in all regions of the country and in every religious sect.

John the Baptist and religious liberty: getting right what many evangelical preachers get wrong

John the Baptist spoke truth to power, refused to pander to politicians and insisted that no earthly kingdom is coterminous with the Kingdom of God. In other words, John got right what many evangelical preachers get wrong.

Transitions for the week of 7-5-19

Recent church staff changes, anniversaries, ordinations and deaths within the moderate and progressive Baptist network.

Secularist group raises red flag over Baptist seminary inside Arkansas prison

A secular group opposed to excessive entanglement of church and state says a new prison seminary program set to begin this fall in Arkansas may be unconstitutional.

Core Baptist convictions can offer a deep well of wisdom for today’s cultural challenges (part 2)

Our historic convictions as Baptists are not a liability in today’s environment. They are a deep well of wisdom and strength. When we lean into what makes us uniquely Baptist, we truly can make a difference in the world.

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.

Armed with new lawyers, man appeals dismissed lawsuit alleging abuse by former SBC leader Paul Pressler

One of Houston’s leading law firms is handling the appeal of a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by former Southern Baptist Convention leader Paul Pressler.

The Color of Compromise: American Christianity’s legacy of racism calls for ‘repentance and repair’

In his new book, The Color of Compromise, Jemar Tisby documents the ways in which white Christians, churches and religious institutions inside and outside the South manifested, acquiesced to and facilitated racist responses to people of color in general and African Americans in particular.

Wayfair walkout puts spotlight on Baptist-linked contractor for migrant children care

Employees of the home goods retailer Wayfair walked off their jobs Wednesday after more than 500 workers signed an open letter protesting the sale of $200,000 worth of bedroom furniture to BCFS Health and Human Services, a Texas non-profit hired to run a new temporary emergency influx center for unaccompanied alien children in Carrizo Springs, Texas.

The scattering yet unifying Spirit and the place of LGBTQ persons in the Church

How do we discern how the Spirit works in our particularities for the sake of the larger mission? Today I imagine the Spirit’s fire would fall down on LGBTQ folk, enabling them to speak to God’s testifying work in their lives and in their communities.

Mohler again claims same-sex marriage harms children

Dan Patrick reiterates: ‘No separation of church and state’

Baptists know better than this

Judge bars Tennessee from revealing immigration status of sick children