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Previously published opinion pieces made a strong showing in this …
Baptist News Global’s leading opinion pieces this year revealed readers’ deep interest in issues ranging from religion and politics, religious freedom, evangelical reactions to the summer Olympics and all things Donald Trump.. John MacArthur, the Los Angeles pastor known for his staunch patriarchal, racist, anti-vaccine and other controversial teachings, makes …
Commentary on Baptism of the Lord Sunday – Baptist News Global
2 days ago · Invocation “Wade in the Water” Blind Boys of Alabama § §. § §. § For those who track the annual lectionary journey, yesterday’s focus was the “Baptism of the Lord.” It’s a topic near and dear to my heart, since I hold that the recovery of baptismal integrity is one way to address the profound renewal needed among communities on the way of Jesus.
January 6 anniversary vigil calls for Christians to remember and ...
Jan 7, 2025 · An interfaith prayer vigil lamenting and commemorating the January 6 insurrection called Americans across the religious spectrum to resist the attacks on democracy and social justice anticipated during the second Donald Trump presidency.. The fourth annual “Faith in Democracy” vigil was held at Reformation Lutheran Church in Washington, D.C., and was hosted by the Franciscan Action Network ...
These were our most-read news articles of 2024
Dec 26, 2024 · Divergent theological beliefs about a failed assassination of Donald Trump, a new way of connecting United Methodist pastors with their new congregations and warnings about Christian nationalism from the family of Dietrich Bonhoeffer were among the most-read Baptist News Global news stories in 2024.. Other highly read articles reported on the sexual abuse controversies involving former ...
Jimmy Carter, a lifelong Baptist, left a legacy of faithfulness ...
In a century of living, the Georgia peanut farmer experienced tremendous change not only in his life but in the culture around him. A devout Southern Baptist at the time of his presidential election in 1976, Carter and his wife, Rosalyn, became part of the exodus of “moderates” from the nation’s largest Protestant denomination due to the “conservative resurgence” that swept the SBC ...
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Americans overwhelmed by the prospect of authoritarianism under Donald Trump must not abandon hope or succumb to inaction in the struggle for democracy, activists cautioned in a webinar organizing faith-based political opposition to the incoming administration.
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His mission: To help Americans care about global religious …
Getting Americans to pay attention to global religious persecution is tough all the time but especially tough in an election year, he explained the day before leading an Oct. 24-25 conference at Dallas Baptist University on the topic. “We’re having a conference that’s trying to think about how we inspire American Christians to …
Leaving church, part 4: The coming clergy shortage
Jun 17, 2022 · Baptist churches may soon face clergy shortages like other faith traditions. Emily Brown, in a February 2022 Relevant article, “The Great American Clergy Shortage is Coming,” noted: “Roughly 3,544 Catholic parishes in the U.S. lack a parish priest,” and “in the Reformed Jewish denomination, between 5% and 10% more congregations are searching for a …