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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 2h

A 130-year-old Baptist church in Manhattan has become a model for how to revitalize aging congregations through creative land use and partnerships.
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Manhattan churches revitalize aging congregations through partnerships – Baptist News Global

A 130-year-old Baptist church in Manhattan has become a model for how to revitalize aging congregations through creative land use and partnerships.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 1d

“Vance and Trump still think this is a game as our political rhetoric approaches the nuances of an all-out war.”
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It's not just the Young Republicans we need to worry about – Baptist News Global

Despite how often you hear that America no longer is racist, we remain a racist culture. The difference between the racism of 1950 and 2025: Racism then was proudly displayed in public. The language, ...

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 1d

Episode 6 of NON-DISCLOSURE: The Silenced Stories of Kanakuk Kamps Survivors is out now. 🎙️

Host Mallory Challis and Kanakuk survivors discuss purity culture, reframing scripture and becoming a conqueror of trauma. Listen below.
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NON-DISCLOSURE: Episode 6 - Lethal Theologies part 2: Purity culture, reframing scripture and being a conqueror

Podcast Episode · Change-making Conversations · 10/22/2025 · 49m

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 3d

United Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon of United Church of Rogers Park, Ill., was violently arrested along with eight others at a peaceful protest at the Broadview ICE facility Friday.
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United Methodist pastor violently arrested in Chicago – Baptist News Global

Pastor Hannah Kardon of United Church was violently arrested along with eight others at a peaceful protest at the Broadview ICE facility

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 3d

"Our inability to agree on what hate is may be an indicator of our spiritual condition. This disagreement follows in the wake of our inability to know the meaning of evil and what constitutes inhumanity."
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When hate masquerades as love – Baptist News Global

The road leading to hate is a slippery slope. Enter the passageway with name-calling, demeaning labels and horrific insults.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 8d

Listen now to NON-DISCLOSURE Episode 5 - Lethal Theologies: How Christian institutions are made ripe for abuse.
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NON-DISCLOSURE: Episode 5 - Lethal Theologies: How Christian institutions are made ripe for abuse | Change-making Conversations

This episode explores theological complicity and how faith can be manipulated and used to abuse. We'll also talk about Kids Across America, a para-organization of Kanakuk that claims to be an urban yo...

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Mara Richards Bim @marabim.bsky.social · 10d

I’m in Chicago for @baptistnews.com Here are some photos from last night’s protest at the detention center.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 9d

"As the State Police pushed protesters and the press back several blocks, 15 protesters took part in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience. Some locked arms. Some simply stood their ground and refused to move. They were arrested."
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What I witnessed in Chicago: Day 1 – Baptist News Global

When my editor called me Friday and asked if I’d like to fly to Chicago to cover what’s happening here, I, of course, said yes.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 14d

A federal appeals court has tossed out its previous ruling that Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is “plainly unconstitutional” and announced all 17 of its judges will now reconsider the case.
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Entire Fifth Circuit will rehear Louisiana Ten Commandments case – Baptist News Global

A federal appeals court has tossed out its previous ruling that Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is “plainly unconstitutional”

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 15d

"By blending self-help, misogyny and religious rhetoric, these influencers cloak toxic masculinity in divine authority."
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God and the algorithm: How the manosphere co-opts religion – Baptist News Global

“It doesn't care which god you worship, only that your engagement can be converted into devotion to extremist ideologies.”

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 15d

Giving to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program unified budget has declined in seven of the past 10 years, with receipts for the year just ended being 4.4% less than a decade ago.
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SBC Cooperative Program giving declines yet again – Baptist News Global

Giving to the Southern Baptist Convention’s Cooperative Program unified budget has declined in seven of the past 10 years, with receipts for the year just ended being 4.4% less than a decade ago. The ...

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 21d

“The tragic impact of these federal budget cuts is felt by nonprofits and the survivors they serve.”
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Change fed efforts, treat trafficking survivors as humans – Baptist News Global

“The tragic impact of these federal budget cuts is felt by nonprofits and the survivors they serve," Elisabet Avalos says.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 21d

While some Baptist churches are actively running away from any hint of supporting women in leadership, a Florida Baptist church recently ordained four women as ministers on the same day.
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Florida church ordains four women for ministry on same day – Baptist News Global

Some Baptist churches are actively running away from any hint they may support women in leadership while others are embracing and affirming women who answer the call to ministry.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 22d

The Trump administration’s elimination of annual food insecurity reports will plunge the nation into the dark when it comes to feeding hungry Americans, nutrition advocates say.
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Trump administration eliminates data gathering on US hunger – Baptist News Global

"This is a loss not just for data collection, but for millions of people whose experiences with hunger may now be harder to quantify."

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 22d

"When news broke that a shooter had killed a detainee and wounded two others, my phone began ringing nonstop. Our group wasn’t at the facility on the morning of the shooting, but we know the area well."
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In Dallas, more questions than answers after ICE facility shooting – Baptist News Global

Mara Richards Bim writes: "These are a few of the questions I have about the case. What questions do you have?"

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Nonviolence 3.0 @nonviolence3.com · 23d

“Repeating the same tactic breeds habituation. Authorities adapt, the media loses interest, and participants burn out.”

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The evidence-based path from protest to power – Baptist News Global

What works is strategic, sustained, multi-tactical campaigns with disciplined nonviolence, economic leverage and infrastructure.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 22d

"What went around for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary three decades ago has come back around for Baylor University this fall."
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In an ironic turn, Baylor University mirrors Southern Seminary – Baptist News Global

What went around for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary three decades ago has come back around for Baylor University this fall.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 22d

This summer brought a curious announcement in the history of Christian filmmaking: 21 years after his hit biblical epic The Passion of the Christ made religious filmmaking history, Mel Gibson’s long-rumored sequel finally was announced.
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Maybe Christian filmmaking is on the verge of a mainstream middle – Baptist News Global

Most notably from a filmmaking perspective, The Passion of the Christ marked the beginning of a new approach to “biblical” filmmaking.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 28d

"When Ben Cole and I sat down with Jodi Chapman in Nashville two days ago, we did not realize the incredible timing of what was about to take place."
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A timely new podcast episode with Jodi Chapman – Baptist News Global

When Ben Cole and I sat down with Jodi Chapman two days ago, we did not realize the incredible timing of what was about to take place.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 28d

“The type of truth telling that is necessary cannot be negotiated and reduced to some kind of feel-good day of playing with the truth.”
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Why I’m glad DEI is being dismantled – Baptist News Global

I hope all the attempts to soft pedal systemic racism in this country without calling its name will be dismantled.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · 28d

"What do we do to get rid of fascist tyranny? Even if we can’t get rid of authoritarianism, is it worth dying to try?"
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7 things to do to oppose MAGA authoritarianism – Baptist News Global

Promoting justice must be just in itself. In that spirit, here are suggestions for collectively responding to authoritarianism.

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · Sep 22

A q/a with @baptistnews.com and @greg1garrett.bsky.social about my new @wjkbooks.com book on Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA: baptistnews.com/article/in-c...

In conversation with Matthew Boedy – Baptist News Global

Turning Point is just taking the rhetoric and the action to whole new heights, and they have the money to do it.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · Sep 18

“We must care about these stories because these injustices happen in Christian institutions every day. Survivors everywhere continue to live in the bondage of silence, and this truth has the power to set them free.”
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New BNG podcast tells the stories of Kanakuk abuse survivors – Baptist News Global

The first two episodes of “Non-Disclosure” are available now. New episodes will drop weekly on Wednesdays.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · Sep 18

"For many of us in Palestine, the basement is not just a metaphor. It’s where our faith has lived for generations, quietly, sometimes painfully."
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Wrestling with Is It God's Will? through Palestinian Christian eyes – Baptist News Global

For many of us in Palestine, the basement is not a metaphor. It's where our faith has lived for generations, quietly, sometimes painfully.

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Baptist News Global @baptistnews.com · Sep 16

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, public employees across the nation are being suspended, investigated and even fired due to their social media posts about Kirk and his death.
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Can employers fire employees for their Charlie Kirk posts? – Baptist News Global

This backlash is part of a conservative movement to blame Kirk’s death on “the left” and to punish anyone who disagrees with their view.

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