On May 6, celebrities waltzed into the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the year’s biggest night of fashion, extravagance and outrageous displays of wealth: The Met Gala. One ticket to the Met Gala costs around $75,000, which the BBC points... The post What are they wearing in District One? The Met Gala, Gaza and another real-life connection to the Hunger Games appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Typically, historians view Oct. 31, 1517, as the beginning of the period known as the Protestant Reformation. Ordained as a Roman Catholic priest a decade earlier, Martin Luther came to a deep conviction of the need for reform in the... The post From the Protestant Reformation to Columbia University, some thoughts on protests appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Outside agitators are striking back at pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country. Seeing an opportunity to further their own agenda, Christian nationalist groups are joining them. On April 25, worship leader Sean Feucht, along with conservative pastor Russell... The post Sean Feucht, Eric Metaxas and Russell Johnson reshape their Christian nationalism tour as pro-Israel protests appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

I was recently forwarded, via WhatsApp, a video clip of my mother among some family members at a house opening ceremony in my hometown in Southern Nigeria. The video was shared by my beloved cousin, Vicki Egbo. Having not physically... The post My mum and I appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

O Freedom, O Freedom Freedom over me And before I’d be a slave, I’d be buried in my grave, And go home to my Lord, And be free.   I first heard that poignant spiritual (author unknown) in the 1960s,... The post ‘O Freedom’ appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura Yambio in South Sudan has fingered the country’s ethnic and political divides as being at the heart of the disappearance of Father Luke Yugue and his driver, Michael Gbeko. The post South Sudan: Bishop links missing priest to ethnic, political divides appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Between Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, drivers pass a billboard on Interstate 71 that has achieved some internet fame The post How 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

A group of Jewish, Muslim and Christian activists gathered outside the state’s General Assembly on Wednesday (May 8) to protest a bill that would codify a controversial definition of antisemitism into state law. The post Controversial antisemitism bills are passing, and not only in the US House appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated bi-weekly. STAFF CHANGES Wissam al-Saliby, to 21 Wilberforce Global Freedom Center, Falls Church, Va., as president. Previously he served as advocacy... The post Transitions for the week of 5-10-24 appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Universal education cannot be protected without grassroots movements led by people of faith, a Florida minister said during the inaugural Pastors for Children national conference. “The pulpit and the people must see it as our duty and divine calling to... The post ‘The pulpit and the people must see it as our duty and divine calling to condemn the privatization and commodification of public education’ appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more