In an election year where everyone already seems to have a firm opinion, independent voters stand out as different, according to a new national survey from Navigator. When asked how much thought they’ve given to who they’ll vote for in... The post Most independent voters don’t believe presidential election will change their lives appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

This summer’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting already was going to be one for the history books, and now there’s another reason for that distinction: A record six candidates have now announced their intention to run for the presidency of... The post There’s now half a dozen pastors vying to be SBC president appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

In what may seem an exercise in futility, the Quakers have produced a peace proposal for Hamas and Israel. I have great respect for the Quakers, starting with the influence they had on President Abraham Lincoln. I have been greatly... The post Like the Quakers, can we imagine peace between Israel and Hamas? appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

When Speaker of the House Mike Johnson pushed through aid to Ukraine this week, it did more than green-light funds to support the Ukrainians. In recent weeks, he changed from hard-core opposition to supporting Ukraine to championing its cause. His actions were,... The post A Great Evangelical Divorce? — Speaker Mike Johnson’s breakup with Marjorie Taylor Greene Could Be Bad News for Trump appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Every Friday, Dr. Sadaf Lodhi releases a new episode of “The Muslim Sex Podcast,” in which she discusses everything from painful sex to how orgasm happens to the effects of purity culture on intimacy. In each hourlong show, Lodhi dispels... The post Meet the sex educators challenging what we think we know about sex and Islam appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Spain on Tuesday approved a plan aimed at making reparation and economic compensation for victims of sex abuse committed by people connected to the Catholic Church. The post Spain approves plan to compensate victims of Catholic Church sex abuse. Church will be asked to pay appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

President Joe Biden swooped into Florida Tuesday, hoping to parlay the state’s new restrictive abortion law — as well as a ballot initiative that could undo it — into a campaign issue that could give him the state’s trove of electoral votes... The post Biden To Florida Voters: Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Trump’s Fault appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Wissam al-Saliby has been appointed president of the 21Wilberforce Global Freedom Center, following the center’s founder and now president emeritus, Randel Everett. Al-Saliby is an expert in international religious freedom and human rights who brings years of experience in advocating... The post Wissam al-Saliby named president of 21Wilberforce Global Freedom Center appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Elisabeth R. Kincaid has been named director of the Institute for Faith and Learning at Baylor University, succeeding Darin Davis, who led the program from 2007 to 2023. The Institute for Faith and Learning was founded in 1997 to promote the... The post Kincaid will lead Baylor’s Institute for Faith and Learning appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more

Right-wing political and religious groups are waging a disinformation campaign based on phony science to dehumanize transgender people and deny them full political and religious status, said Royal G. Cravens III, senior research analyst at the Southern Poverty Law Center.... The post Disinformation campaign uses ‘phony science’ to discredit trans people, researcher says appeared first on Baptist News Global ..read more