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Why you should cancel your in-person indoor Christmas Eve service I’ve heard all the arguments and understand most of the data. Yes, I know there are regional differences and special circumstances from community to community. And I understand that you think your bubble is safe, that you are the exception.... OpinionMark Wingfield News Together for Hope partnership steps up the drive for hunger relief in Mississippi Analysis If we don’t value our denominational colleges, do we value their faculty? SBC leaders cautiously wading into the conflict created by seminary presidents on raceNearly three weeks after presidents of the six Southern Baptist Convention seminaries issued a controversial statement on systemic racism, other elected leaders within the SBC began to respond to the criticisms — although not with the same clarity with which NewsMark WingfieldTwo campaigns launched to ban conversion therapy Two faith-based efforts to ban so-called “conversion therapy” for members of the LGBTQ community launched last week, one in the United States and the other a global effort based in the United Kingdom. Conversion therapy is a widely discredited attempt NewsMark WingfieldTo the shepherds: Reframing Christmas in a pandemicThe Advent season for the Christian faith community is really important. It s the season before Christmas that symbolizes a deep sense of longing — a longing for something that is not here yet but is hoped for. Hope that is OpinionEmily SmithAs COVID cases soar, court s retreat opens doors of churchesThe American legal and political approach to pandemic-era religious gatherings seems to be anything but consistent as Christmas bears down on churches. Challenges to previously approved restrictions on worship attendance are being upheld even as U.S. deaths speed toward 320,000 NewsJeff BrumleyAdvent reflection: The shadow of the SpiritThe angel’s announcement to Mary follows the same pattern: “And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most OpinionJack LevisonReligious discrimination against women for what they wear (or don t) is on the riseMarking women as targets of religious discrimination based on clothing is nothing new, but it is on the rise around the world, new research shows. “Women in 56 countries experienced social hostilities — that is, harassment from individuals or groups NewsJeff BrumleyIf we don’t value our denominational colleges, do we value their faculty?The current pandemic places great challenges on many facets of American religious life, perhaps none greater than small denominationally affiliated colleges and universities, many of which already were struggling financially well before the current crisis. While these challenges are institutionally AnalysisAndrew GardnerIn Nigeria, the politics of religion and the search for peace are never-endingNigeria, Africa s most populous country, has in recent weeks attracted global attention for a series of mind-boggling, alarming crimes: At least 76 farmers were beheaded by the terrorist group Boko Haram in a farm in Zabarmari, Borno State, in late NewsAnthony AkaezeHumor: What an honest Christmas Eve order of service might look like this yearColumnist Brett Younger didn t send us a traditional column this month. Instead, he sent us a humorous, yet not-so-humorous example of what an honest Christmas Eve worship order of service might look like. He reported that even the church administrator OpinionBrett YoungerGo to page 1Go to page 2Go to page 3Interim pages omitted Go to page 3502Go to Next Page Primary Sidebar Get BNG headlines in your inbox CuratedMormons add call to eradicate prejudice, racism to handbookDecember 21, 2020Christians in Holy Land face bleak Christmas season due to COVID-19December 21, 2020After turbulent 2020, faith in America faces more big issuesDecember 21, 2020As heavenly bodies converge, many ask: Is the Star of Bethlehem making a comeback?December 18, 2020Bonhoeffer Moments Bill Leonard, founding dean and the James and Marilyn Dunn professor of Baptist studies and church history emeritus at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity in Winston-Salem, N.C., has written a series of opinion pieces titled Bonhoeffer Moments. View the series by clicking here.https://youtu.be/5eeo7S9vFpAWatch our other webinars BNG has hosted several webinars in the series of Conversations That Matter. Click here to view them all.

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