More evangelical leaders on board Trump train for 2024
Jan 24, 2024 · Ben Carson, the doctor and author who served in Trump’s cabinet as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has been campaigning for Trump and is rumored to be up for a position in the next Trump administration should there be one.. Trump “has just been a friend of religion and of faith,” said Carson, one of the few former Trump cabinet members to back the former president, while 17 ...
I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I ...
Dec 13, 2022 · For some time now, Christianity has been on the decline. According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020.. But it’s not just researchers who are talking about this. As of Dec. 6, 2020, the hashtag “#exchristian” had 696.7 million cumulative views on TikTok and was assigned to more than 68,600 ...
Understanding the David Platt story – Baptist News Global
Oct 28, 2024 · The chairman of trustees — and chairman of the presidential search committee — at the IMB when Platt was elected was David Uth, pastor at First Baptist Orlando, Fla. Uth’s second in command at First Baptist Orlando was Danny De Armas, who simultaneously chaired the trustee board at the SBC North American Mission Board.
From 1925 to 2024: Why the SBC’s funding ... - Baptist News Global
Feb 8, 2024 · To understand the behind-the-scenes conflict happening between the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee and some of the SBC’s agencies and institutions, understand first that the devil is in the details. Or in the dollars. Or in lack of trust, once a hallmark of Southern Baptist life. There are wonky details of little concern to the average person in the pew who gives an offering ...
John MacArthur is wrong about so much more than keeping …
Feb 14, 2023 · Mark Wingfield serves as executive director and publisher of Baptist News Global. He is the author of the new bookHonestly: Telling the Truth About the Bible and Ourselves.. Related articles: Why Women Talking has women talking and complementarian men fuming | Analysis by Rick Pidcock. Why evangelicals may be fearful of distancing themselves from John MacArthur | Opinion by Maina Mwaura
Faithful Politics examines 10 ways Christians do politics
Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon hailed the separatist model in 1989’s Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony, and this approach is carried on today by the Amish, the Bruderhof, Orthodox writer Rod Dreher, and Shane Claiborne’s Simple Way community in Philadelphia. “Keep the country out of the kingdom.” These separatists, many of …
87-year-old Ed Young steps down at Second Baptist Houston, to …
The Houston Chronicle and other local media outlets reported on Ed Young’s retirement announcement, which came at the end of last Sunday’s service at the Woodway campus, the main campus of the church. “We’re not stepping down, we’re stepping up to use our primary spiritual gifts,” the Chronicle quoted Young as saying through tears. “I’m stepping up to maximize what God has ...
Why Christians should support reproductive justice, including …
“Reproductive justice” is a term coined by Black women activists in the 1990s to recognize the intersections of race, class, sexuality, nation and gender in reproductive health and decision-making.. SisterSong, an organization that fights for reproductive justice, defines the term as “ the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not …
Making sense of denominational decline and church shifting
Jun 3, 2024 · Evangelical Protestantism continues to be a growing force in American Christianity, as Mainline Protestant denominations continue to decline, but where are these converts coming from?. There is very little data showing where Christians go when they convert away from a tradition or denomination.
Skillet's John Cooper wants a revolution – Baptist News Global
In an era marked by cultural upheaval and deepening societal divides, John Cooper, the charismatic frontman of the Christian rock band Skillet, is making waves far beyond the music scene. With the release of Skillet’s new album, Revolution, Cooper is positioning himself and his band at the forefront of what he sees as a crucial spiritual battle for the soul of America.