Baptist News Global

22/07/2025

Now more than ever, America must confront a long-standing yet under-acknowledged public health and cultural crisis: Black Americans and water.
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Now more than ever, America must confront a long-standing yet under-acknowledged public health and cultural crisis: Black Americans and water. The sudden and tragic death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner — an actor beloved across generations — has cast a spotlight on an issue that has drowned in silence ...

22/07/2025

The Justice Department has determined women no longer may cite gender-based violence as grounds for seeking asylum in the U.S.

The Justice Department has determined women no longer may cite gender-based violence as grounds for seeking asylum in the U.S. The agency’s Board of Immigration Appeals ruled July 18 “that a particular social group defined by the alien’s s*x or s*x and nationality, standing alone, is overbroad...

22/07/2025

On the surface, the controversial Baylor decision appears to be a case of conservative pastors and regents throwing their weight around. But there is another potential reason few people are saying aloud.
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When I read about U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles attacking Belmont University, all I could think about was Baylor University. Both are historically Baptist schools, although Belmont in Nashville, Tenn., has more definitively broken with Baptist control than has Baylor in Waco, Texas. Baylor has been in the ne...

22/07/2025

"Dear conservatives, which of these clear biblical teachings do you disagree with?"
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Conservative evangelicals were right: Worldview matters — a lot. Only problem is, we now see their preferred worldview is rotten to the core. And there’s about as much Bible in their “biblical” worldview as there is grapes in Grape Nuts. Conservative Christians have hounded us for decades no...

22/07/2025

"Abused or not, most missionary kids (MKs) grew up feeling overlooked in the shadow of parents considered saints by many and whose presence and words were revered and celebrated, Fletcher writes."

Mission work historically has been key to evangelical self-understanding and their view of the United States as a Christian nation favored by God, historian and author Holly Berkley Fletcher said. “Christian nationalism is based on this grandiose idea of what American Christianity is, and missions...

22/07/2025

Katelyn Beaty’s recent Substack piece “When Deconstruction Becomes a Brand” exposes some of the consumerist patterns of critics of white evangelicalism. breaks down her fascinating article in Episode 41 of HIGHEST POWER: Church + State 🎙️

Listen now! 🔗
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22/07/2025

U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to evict Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and have the U.S. take it over seemed laughable when he first proposed it in February. Now, he appears to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his side.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to evict Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and have the U.S. take it over seemed laughable when he first proposed it in February. Now, he appears to have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his side, and the odds of this happening are increasing. Leaders ...

21/07/2025

Among widowed Americans, 80% identify as Christians. That’s almost 20 percentage points higher than the national share of Christian-identifying adults, which is 62%.

Among widowed Americans, 80% identify as Christians. That’s almost 20 percentage points higher than the national share of Christian-identifying adults, which is 62%. This is among findings of the latest Pew Research Center Religious Landscape Study, which found differences in religious identity an...

21/07/2025

"What does it mean to be a Christian in the 21st century? What do our lives of faith look like? Our evangelism? What do we, as followers of Jesus, have to offer the world around us?"
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What does it mean to be a Christian in the 21st century? What do our lives of faith look like? Our evangelism? What do we, as followers of Jesus, have to offer the world around us? How do we best open doorways and pathways to faith for those who have never experienced a church community,...

21/07/2025

On Feb. 28, Elon Musk took aim at “empathy” on a Joe Rogan podcast. He said empathy is “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization.” How do Christians respond?
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On Feb. 28, Elon Musk took aim at “empathy” on a Joe Rogan podcast. He said empathy is “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization.” Barely one month later, April 1, in a New Yorker interview, Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, had climbed on board, declarin...

21/07/2025

“In the margin beside it were these six words: ‘When will it ever be enough?’”
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My undergraduate Baptist college adviser was looking over his glasses at me as I prattled on and on about all I was doing. In my final semester, I was taking 18 hours in an attempt to pull a final-semester 4.0 with enough weight to redeem my less-than-stellar freshman year and graduate with honors.....

21/07/2025

“For authoritarian Christians, God ruling on earth means God putting Christians in charge of their neighbors.”
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Christian nationalists are world-class experts in seizing power by taking Bible verses out of context. Growing up, my independent Baptist high school constantly used Philippians 4:13 as proof we could win the state championship, Jeremiah 29:11 as proof God would let us get married and have s*x somed...