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Religious groups are pulling out all the stops with training and strategy-sharing events to promote and defend the right to vote in the coming midterm elections. “We’re all looking at how can we be authentic to our faith and still... The post CBF and Alliance join others in promoting safe and fair elections appeared fi
American death penalty abolitionists are raising concerns about two executions with troubling humanitarian and moral implications. One involves double-murderer Jeffrey Lee, an Alabama Death Row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection Sept. 17. His jury’s 7-5 vote for life... The post Two upcoming executions raise a
The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked part of a Trump administration effort to interfere with the midterm elections by instituting last-minute complicated rules governing mail-in balloting. The Sept. 14 ruling upheld a lower court decision preventing the U.S. Postal Service... The post Supreme Court blocks Trump’s attack
Last Wednesday, I went to see James Talarico host a political rally at Baylor University, where I am a student. Talarico was given this opportunity to show Baylor’s commitment to civil discourse after Ken Paxton filled in for Donald Trump... The post What I witnessed at James Talarico’s Baylor event appeared first on B
Robert Kraft, the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots, banned Macklemore from opening Ed Sheeran’s show at Gillette Stadium. The tour promoter banned Macklemore from other shows on the tour, and now all the opening acts have quit in... The post How Ed Sheeran’s tour became a political circus appeared first on
In a move supporters consider common sense, Thomas Paine is one step closer to getting his own memorial in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, the House Natural Resources Committee unanimously approved a bill to erect a memorial to Paine near... The post Thomas Paine may get a memorial in DC appeared first on Bapt
An Ohio city was wrong in using zoning laws to bar a resident from hosting a Jewish prayer gathering in his home in 2021, says Amanda Tyler, executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. “Being free to exercise... The post BJC sides with Orthodox Jew denied prayer meeting in his own home appeared
Tobias Riemenschneider’s congregation meets on the top floor of a repurposed train station outside Frankfurt am Main. A narrow spiral staircase leads to a converted dance studio, encircled by mirrors and chandeliers, decorated in pink and sparkles. The post In Germany, right-wing ‘Christfluencers’ hope to follow the US
The politics of U.S-Israel relations hit the concert stage this week as pop singer Ed Sheeran got caught in the crossfire between his opening acts and his concert promoters. All the opening acts lined up for Sheeran’s “Loop Tour” in... The post Billionaire blamed for forcing Ed Sheeran to lose opening tour acts appeare
The Texas Republican candidate for public office who criticized university students for not being white has doubled down on his comments. On Saturday, Bo French posted a photo of students at last weekend’s University of Texas football game with this comment: “I... The post In Texas, GOP candidates defend racist and mis
Baptist News Global’s newest podcast series launches today in both audio and video formats. “This Is My Story” is hosted by Lucas Hall, who will interview members of the LGBTQ Christian community and tell their stories. In episode one, BNG... The post New BNG podcast tells faith stories of LGBTQ Christians appeared fir
History, faith and action will come together in a facility opening Sept. 15 at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. The date marks the anniversary of the 1963 Klu Klux Klan bombing that killed four girls during Sunday services... The post 16th Street Baptist Church opens new education center today appeared fi
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