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There’s nothing wrong with praying for the president, except when it’s not really about prayer

Praying for our president is needed and appropriate. My criticism of President Trump is aimed at refocusing the narrative not on a pastor praying for the president, but Trump’s never-ending quest to make everything about himself – even in church.

Amended lawsuit says SBC doing too little, too late, to prevent sexual abuse of children

A motion filed June 3 in a Virginia court says the Southern Baptist Convention is culpable in a multi-million dollar sexual abuse lawsuit against a member church.

How to live in perilous times: a pope and a priest’s contrasting responses to Hitler’s Final Solution

We, too, live in perilous times that will define us for all time. Will history remember us as protectors of ourselves, our institutions and our borders? Or as protectors of God’s children, as people who truly believe O’Flaherty’s motto: “God has no country.”

Caring for every child of God means challenging our country’s school-to-prison pipeline

In your community and mine, it is easy to find children who are, for myriad reasons, embroiled in the juvenile justice system. Will we stand idle and silent, allowing beloved children of God to be funneled away from academic success and rerouted toward the juvenile justice system?

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.

Ethics complaint against pastor/judge in death penalty protest hits snag

Two days after saying Arkansas Supreme justices do not have to testify in an ethics complaint against a judge photographed at an anti-death penalty demonstration more than two years ago, a statewide commission that monitors judicial conduct canceled a hearing scheduled June 13.

Lessons for life and faith after a devastating tornado

An AF-3 tornado ripped through our city. Among the lessons in its aftermath: Life’s storms always leave us changed; our faith response will determine whether or not they leave us better.

Sexual abuse in the SBC: what will it take to prompt meaningful action?

As Southern Baptists convene in Birmingham, we ask again: what will it take for denominational leaders to take meaningful action on clergy sexual abuse and the incalculable harm done to so many lives? Recent proposals are bare half-measures at best, with too many unknowns and too little transparency.

Abuse survivors take center stage in lead up to next week’s Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention meets next week after revelations of widespread stories of sexual abuse and coverup in a six-part series of investigative reports by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News.

Pride month: suggestions for straight allies in queer spaces

Given the harsh judgment, discrimination and hateful rhetoric LGBTQ people face from many Christian people, seeing churches who love, affirm and support LGBTQ people is essential. Still, when straight people enter queer spaces, even as allies, their heterosexual privilege can be problematic.

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?