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Flight or invisibility: revisiting a classic theological question

In middle school we debated the great theological question: which superpower – flight or invisibility? I secretly preferred a third option: stopping time. But today what I need is the ability to be alive in this moment, in what Paul Tillich called the “eternal now.”

American missionary could face genocide charges, but Brazil’s indigenous communities have a bigger problem

While second-generation missionary Steve Campbell faces potential genocide charges, it’s really Brazil’s new right wing president and his evangelical base that may be the target audience for these efforts.

The life and death of John Chau, the man who tried to convert his killers

The 26-year-old American adventure blogger was killed by an isolated tribe last year. His father blames ‘extreme’ Christianity

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…

Pastor-chaplain confronts the bad theology facing women in ministry and grieving parents

It’s bad theology to tell someone your baby died because God knows what God is doing. No, your baby died because we may not know why.

CBF executive coordinator-elect meets the press

Incoming Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley outlined three immediate priorities at a Friday press conference held in Atlanta in conjunction with a regularly scheduled meeting of the CBF Governing Board.

Hashtag stirs debate over role of Christian schools in US

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, about 5.9 million students — a tenth of the national prekindergarten through 12th grade total — attend private schools in the U.S. About three-quarters of them attend one of the roughly 22,000…

The problem with the latest predictions for ‘the rise of the religious left’

Not only are claims that the religious left is “on the rise” as old as the contemporary religious right itself, but the framing of the religious left may actually further enable the religious right.

How the religious right gained unprecedented access to Trump

As the president offers a sympathetic ear – and policies to match – critics see a de facto advisory committee, violating federal law

Religion Notes: Georgia Baptist Mission Board layoffs follow declines in giving

Decreases in giving have contributed to the recent layoff of 20 staffer members from the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, according to a report in the Christian Index. “This decision was made only after months of intense prayer, study, and discussion…

Baptist groups join coalition opposing ‘Project Blitz’ playbook for pro-Christian legislation

The Alliance of Baptists and Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty are among 43 national religious, civil rights and other organizations joining in a statement warning state lawmakers across the country about an organized effort by evangelical political groups to…

Baptist group says cross is not secular, and government has no business sponsoring its display

The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty joined other Christian and Jewish organizations in a brief arguing that a 40-foot cross on government land at a major intersection violates the government’s fundamental obligation to be neutral between competing religious claims….

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