Ohio state Rep. Gary Click recalls the comfort he felt going to church as a child and when he declared his faith before a congregation at the age of 12.
Odd Erika Kirk video takes the spotlight this week
Jack Graham wants you to know 20 people made professions of faith in Jesus Christ at the Turning Point USA rally held at Prestonwood Baptist Church Wednesday night. What’s making national headlines, however, is a video by TPUSA President Erika…
Lariat documents continued reaction to Baylor TPUSA event
The fallout over a Turning Point USA event at Baylor University a week ago continues, with the founder of Baylor’s TPUSA chapter saying he wouldn’t have let this happen. Ollie Mintz, who graduated from Baylor in 2022, founded the campus…
Benny Johnson calls Charlie Kirk a Christian martyr like Stephen
“Charlie Kirk is still winning,” conservative podcaster Benny Johnson told a crowd of Baylor University students April 22 at the “This Is the Turning Point” tour. Although the event was closed to media and community members, BNG obtained audio recordings…
Baylor TPUSA chapter president mocks ‘All Are Neighbors’ event
The student president of the Baylor University chapter of Turning Point USA began last Wednesday night’s closed-door rally by mocking participants in the “All Are Neighbors” event happening elsewhere on campus. BNG acquired audio recordings of the TPUSA event held…
438 Baylor students checked in at TPUSA event Wednesday
Wednesday night in Waco, Texas, 438 Baylor University students passed through the checkpoint outside Waco Hall to attend the Turning Point USA “This Is the Turning Point” tour event. Black pipe and drape was set up in the back portion…
TPUSA drives a bus over Baylor and then backs up to do it again
Baylor University’s administration has — perhaps accidentally — sullied itself by affiliation with Turning Point USA. The damage to the university’s reputation is significant. In any space except the far-right MAGA-sphere, TPUSA is known as a political outfit tied at…
Texas Baptists demand representation without taxation
Baylor University is trapped in an abusive relationship with the Baptist General Convention of Texas and needs to step away. Some of you already think that language is too strong, but please hear me out. When a person or organization…
In conversation with John Fugelsang
John Fugelsang is author of the New York Times bestselling book The Separation of Church and Hate, a comedian, actor and broadcaster who is the child of two parents who were in holy orders — and then, as he writes,…
TPUSA event draws small crowd in Georgia as Erika Kirk no-shows
The second stop on Turning Point USA’s “This Is the Turning Point” college tour didn’t go so well April 14. Erika Kirk cancelled her appearance at her own organization’s event, citing security concerns, but U.S. Vice President JD Vance attended…
Texas Baptists ‘concerned’ about Baylor allowing gay speakers
Baylor University’s decision to allow student groups to host a counter-event to the Turning Point USA rally on campus April 22 is drawing criticism from conservatives. The Baptist General Convention of Texas and adjunct lecturer Christina Chrenshaw are among those…
AWAB calls Baylor to give LGBTQ voices the same platform as TPUSA
Baylor University should grant LGBTQ students the same fairness and openness it has readily shown in allowing Turning Point USA to host an event on campus in April, the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists said. “AWAB affirms the importance…