Operation Mauling Scripture
This issue of A Public Witness opens a Bible and a (digital) newspaper to consider Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s roaring use of scripture to start a war.
Vote To Bar Churches With Women Pastors Fails Again at SBC Meeting
A vote to abolish the SBC’s public policy arm, known as the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, also failed on Wednesday afternoon.
Southern Baptist Delegates at National Meeting Overwhelmingly Call for Banning Same-Sex Marriage
Casting a pall over the gathering is the recent death of one of the most high-profile whistleblowers in the Southern Baptists’ scandal of sexual abuse.
Southern Baptists Target Porn, Sports Betting, Same-Sex Marriage, and ‘Willful Childlessness’
The Southern Baptist Convention meeting this week in Dallas will also consider a proposed ban on churches with women pastors.
Johnnie Moore, Prominent Pro-Israel Evangelical, Named Chair of Gaza Aid Group
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, created within the past year, is a private group, formed with Israel’s blessing after it sought to circumvent the aid relief previously provided by the United Nations.
Mike Johnson Violates Spirit of Congressional Chapel
When Jesus said to go pray in a closet, he didn’t mean you should then show it off to Fox News or The Associated Press.
Former Staffers Accuse Activist Sean Feucht of ‘Potential Financial Crimes,’ Spiritual Abuse
The allegations raised questions about Feucht’s use of finances and accused him of ‘spiritual, emotional, and psychological abuse.’
PCA Leader Bryan Chapell Offers To Resign After ‘Scandalizers’ Flap
Bryan Chapell, the stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church in America, has repeatedly apologized for his comments made during a recent podcast about other church leaders.
Can We Recover a Healthy Democracy?
Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy argues that if our democracy has a chance to return to a vibrant life in the future, its ambiguous and messy universal principles will need to be in fighting form.
Gareld Duane Rollins, Whose Lawsuit Sparked a Southern Baptist Abuse Reckoning, Has Died
Rollins, who had long suffered from health issues, accused SBC leader and GOP activist Paul Pressler of years of abuse.