Baptist News Global

01/01/2026

"Thousands of likes. Hundreds of comments. A thousand new followers. What just happened? A few days later, I still don’t know. But I am sure of a few things."
https://bit.ly/4sk4Fyd

Costco at lunchtime is an experience like no other. You need to taste and see for yourself how good it is. Motorists brush bumpers backing in and out of parking spaces while weaving through the sea of pedestrians dragging 65" flat screens home. The retired, the stay-at-home moms and the remote worke...

01/01/2026

In a year of particularly volatile headlines, Charlie Kirk, John MacArthur, Christian nationalism, and church sexual abuse were some of the most popular topics for our readers.

As we ring in the new year, let’s take a look back at some of our biggest news, analysis, and opinion pieces from 2025.

Click below for the full lists.

Top 15 Opinion Pieces: https://baptistnews.com/article/most-read-opinion-piece-called-out-evangelicals-hypocrisy/
Top 15 Analysis Pieces: https://baptistnews.com/article/top-analysis-piece-traced-charlie-kirks-rise-as-maga-influencer/
Top 15 News Pieces: https://baptistnews.com/article/trump-advisors-sale-of-easter-blessings-was-most-read-news-article-for-2025/

01/01/2026

"It has been reported that USAID food designated for distribution sits in warehouses that charge a $10,000 per day storage fee and that more than 700,000 people have died thus far as a result of the cuts made by the Trump crew."
https://bit.ly/4q21WYM

It has been reported that USAID food designated for distribution sits in warehouses that charge a $10,000 per day storage fee and that more than 700,000 people have died thus far as a result of the cuts made by the Trump crew. I have followed with great interest the reports of the impact of the...

01/01/2026

"Vance packages his packs and cartons of lies in a patriotic, bootstrapping individualism and unfettered capitalism. He offers political clownery cloaked in racist innuendo."
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JD Vance sells lies in various shades: Pants on fire, bald-faced lies, falsehoods, conspiracies, half-truths, political lies. The vice president, speaking at the Turning Point USA rally just before Christmas, told more lies in a single speech than any politician not named Donald Trump. Vance’s ope...

01/01/2026

"One of the questions going into 2026 will be how Christians allow their faith to inform their posture toward their neighbors. Will Christians focus more on loving their neighbors or on protecting their brand?"

One of the most impactful storylines of 2025 was the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 and the subsequent response on the Right. As you’ll probably notice this week, a number of BNG’s most-read articles of the year were about how Christians were processing Kirk....

01/01/2026

“Remembering the door to light and love is always calling us is the better option.”
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The message of stars — so far away, or are they? Stars draw us to the light in dark days, especially now. Exchanging letters, cards and words of hope means more than ever. I'd like to share some creative thoughts for the holidays as we bring in the new year. The story of my holiday...

01/01/2026

Baptist News Global’s most-read analysis articles in 2025 revealed strong reader interest in Christian nationalism, MAGA theology and conspiracies and controversies involving conservative and progressive religious figures.

Baptist News Global’s most-read analysis articles in 2025 revealed strong reader interest in Christian nationalism, MAGA theology and conspiracies and controversies involving conservative and progressive religious figures. Of the 15 most-read analysis pieces this year, three were about Trump insid...

01/01/2026

Beneath the salacious headlines from the Anglican Church in North America lies a high-stakes battle about military chaplaincy.

Beneath the salacious headlines from the Anglican Church in North America lies a high-stakes battle about military chaplaincy. Although one of the nation’s smaller Christian denominations, the ACNA endorses a disproportionately massive share of United States military chaplains. And that has been a...

01/01/2026

The Trump administration has implemented a near-total ban on abortion and abortion counseling at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities across the nation.

The Trump administration has implemented a near-total ban on abortion and abortion counseling at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities across the nation. The policy move not only affects veterans but also the families of eligible veterans covered by the VA’s federal health care plan for civili...

12/31/2025

"The theological and political fault lines in the New American Right are no longer just cracking; they are splitting wide open. Institutions that once held the movement together are unraveling at the seams in real time."
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The theological and political fault lines in the New American Right are no longer just cracking; they are splitting wide open. Institutions that once held the movement together are unraveling at the seams in real time. In a dramatic escalation of the GOP civil war, former Vice President Mike Pence.....

12/31/2025

Two of the nation’s leading opponents of Christian nationalism are joining forces in a new video report designed to call out proponents of the ideology.
https://bit.ly/4qEkCOd

12/31/2025

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