1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (88+ words) A judge has ruled that a church in Massachusetts can operate an emergency homeless shelter on its property despite objections from some neighbors. Judge says church can run emergency homeless shelter on property - Email a link to a friend (Opens…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (126+ words) This is why I love the Substack community - a couple of weeks ago, one of my subscribers (Ben Hein) asked me if I had any good data on Jehovah's Witnesses. And you know what? I actually do. For reasons that…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (113+ words) Tisa Wenger teaches American religious history at Yale Divinity School. She is the author of three books, including'We Have a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and American Religious Freedom'(University of North Carolina Press, 2009) and'Religious Freedom: The Contested History…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (867+ words) Analysis Josh Olds "|" April 10, 2026 Christians are the least likely group of people to be accepting of transgender individuals. "These religious views deeply affect American culture as a whole and are reflected in queer communities" perceptions of transgender and nonbinary individuals....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1008+ words) Opinion Liam Gent "|" April 10, 2026 In my last column for Baptist News Global, I wrote a sentence I want to come back to: "I am a trans man who grew up in the church and loved it until it threw me…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (702+ words) Analysis Marv Knox "|" April 10, 2026 In other words, if Al Mohler can become the most powerful person in the SBC, Wilson could significantly influence American politics. Wilson is pastor of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, and founder of the Communion of…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (863+ words) Analysis Braxton Wade "|" April 9, 2026 Sixteen months ago, Benjamin Boswell was forced to leave Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, N. C. "Being called to Myers Park Baptist Church was a dream," Boswell told me in a recent conversation. "This was the church…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (117+ words) Augustine of Hippo is one of history's great minds, which makes it all the more remarkable that he spent so many years being devious, promiscuous and extremely busy explaining why he wasn't quite ready to change. He eventually ran out…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (109+ words) Most of the people who come to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC, to see the Dead Sea Scrolls can't read the fragments that are on exhibit through September. The scrolls are written in Hebrew, or perhaps ancient…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (163+ words) Baptist News Global Baptist Pastor Urges Department of Labor to Seek a "Living Jesus" Not a "Dead Jesus" During Monthly Worship Service - Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Check out our podcasts Politics " Faith " Resistance:…...