Baptist News Global

Addressing clergy misconduct: American Baptists do things differently

As an American Baptist leader, I take clergy misconduct very seriously. I want to be heartfelt in my support of the vast majority of our clergy who are people of integrity. But I will be vigilant in dealing with those who are not.

DeVos pushes tax credit to promote school choice

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos proposed a plan Thursday to create federal tax credits encouraging donations to groups providing scholarships for students to attend private schools.

Popular teacher fired from Chapin church. She says it’s because she loves a woman

A South Carolina woman says he was fired from her role as a teacher at a Baptist child development center for her same-sex relationship.

Families sue Academy Sports for selling weapon used in church shooting

Fifty-six individuals seeking more than $1 million each in damages claim Academy illegally sold the Ruger AR-556 rifle used to kill 27 men, women and children at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2017.

For my Methodist friends (and others): how to survive the death of your denominational home. Or not

My sisters and brothers in the Methodist tradition (and elsewhere), if you do have to leave your denominational home, I hope that you keep your eyes and ears open for a God you or your tradition can’t hold on to: a God at the bottom of the slippery slope, in a field Rumi famously described as one beyond right doing and wrong doing.

Transitions for the week of 3-1-19

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Kyle Ballantine, to Binkley Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, N.C., as minister of music and organist. He comes…

Southwestern trustees elect two leaders from sister seminary

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees tapped key administrators from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., for top posts, electing Adam Greenway as the Fort Worth seminary’s ninth president and Randy Stinson as its provost and vice president of academic…

Tim Smith resigns as University of Mobile president

After less than three years on the job, the president of the Baptist-affiliated University of Mobile has resigned immediately, citing personal reasons.

One-time VBS volunteer at Southern Baptist church charged with violating sex offender registry rules

A Tennessee man included on a list compiled by two Texas newspapers naming Southern Baptist church leaders and volunteers found guilty of sex crimes has been arrested for violating sex offender registry rules. Police in Jackson, Tennessee, arrested 39-year-old Chad…

Revisiting ‘Battle for the Minds’ after nearly a quarter of a century

“Battle for the Minds” is not only a historical record of a tumultuous time at a leading Baptist seminary, but also serves as a cautionary tale about the ongoing misogyny within the Southern Baptist ecclesial tradition.

Religion Notes: Millennials tell researchers evangelism is wrong

-MACBF to honor ministry partner in Annual Meeting
-Gift gives $2 million boost to Baylor’s global presence

Eradicating DEI hasn’t made anything better

How Christian nationalism shows up in patriotic worship services

Dear Trump-supporting Christians, are you really OK with this?

‘Every Student. Every State’ campaign promotes school tax credit