“Take him out! Blow him up! Take him out! Blow him up!” the children chant during a vacation Bible school program at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. With eerie music looming over the scene, the viral TikTok video...
We do our best to illumine this time of year with both artificial and spiritual means. Thankfully, God provides the latter.
Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Kris Aaron, to First Baptist Church, Bristol, Va., as pastor. He comes from First Baptist Church, Orangeburg,…
“Jesus Christ, for George Bush, was at the heart of his faith, but his was a deep faith, a generous faith, a simple faith in the best sense of the word. He knew and lived Jesus’ two greatest commandments: to…
Trump didn’t recite the Apostles’ Creed during the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush.
A South Carolina megachurch is under scrutiny after the arrest of a church volunteer reportedly caught on security video molesting 14 preschoolers in the last three months.
Dorothy Posey Jones described how “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” strengthened and comforted protestors in a 2005 article reprinted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The Rev. Mark Harris, a Southern Baptist pastor turned aspiring congressman, is facing allegations of election fraud in North Carolina, where authorities are investigating whether an operative for his campaign paid workers to take absentee ballots from voters illegally.
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…
The founders of Grandmothers Against Violence are sick and tired of mass shootings and the easy availability of assault weapons – and they are doing something about it.
Achingly personal stories – parents losing their gay son, Christians losing their jobs in faith-based organizations after coming out – are prompting some groups to reexamine their discriminatory positions on sexuality and gender.
Staffing costs typically account for 45 to 55 percent of a church’s budget. But with recent changes in costs, demographics, and giving in US churches, many are questioning that model.
As we celebrate Jesus’ birth, let us more fully imitate his life. That means reclaiming the power of prophecy. Doing so could make this Advent season more of an adventure than we ever imagined.
