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How religious conservatives are grappling with racism

While a vast ideological chasm separates left and right on a host of policy issues, several voices on the religious right are urging Protestant Christians to recognize and act against race-based injustice.

Where the colors of the world worship together

“If two of our greatest challenges in this country are immigration and health care, then we’re a microcosm of that in this building.”

SBC president who said God hears only Christian prayers dead at 79

Bailey Smith, the former Southern Baptist Convention president best known for saying God does not hear the prayers of a Jew, died Jan. 14 after a 21-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Smith, 79, was the youngest man ever elected SBC…

Yet more racially charged remarks beg the question (again): Is President Trump a racist?

I find it appalling that President Trump has used both Wounded Knee and Pocahontas as political fodder. The history of the United States regarding indigenous peoples is rooted in the genocide of millions of men, women and children. For the president to make light of that reality demonstrates his ignorance, arrogance or outright racist views.

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…

In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture

China’s Communist party is intensifying religious persecution as Christianity’s popularity grows. A new state translation of the Bible will establish a ‘correct understanding’ of the text

From the Bible Belt, EWTN shapes world Catholic news

EWTN was founded in 1980 by Mother Angelica, an American nun inspired to create her own Catholic television network with $200 in her pocket when she ordered her first $600,000 satellite dish.

Declaring America’s real ‘national emergency’ – and hearing and heeding the prophets among us

America’s real ‘national emergency’ is a call to action among people of faith. We must hear and heed those prophets among us whose insights lean toward justice and offer us a way forward.

Religion Notes: Baptists hear warning from pope during Vatican meeting

-Baptists hold dialogue with Pope Francis
-Prayers for national healing
-Bestselling author to lecture at McAfee

In America’s midnight hours, faith will improvise a way forward

From the formlessness of these midnight hours in America, out of the void of oppression and injustice, something is being born that will create a new song for all God’s people to sing. But the revolution, when it comes, will be improvised.

To my ‘future self’: instead of resolutions, recycle mistakes and regrets into something redemptive

I took up the New Year’s challenge of writing a letter to my future self. In the process, I discovered the importance of recycling today’s mistakes and regrets into tomorrow’s opportunities.

First Baptist’s Robert Jeffress backs Trump’s border plan: ‘Heaven itself is going to have a wall around it’

First Baptist Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress is voicing his support for President Donald Trump’s demand for a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, saying Democrats are “morally liable” for what he called a humanitarian crisis at the southern border.

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