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August 1, 2022
By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today HAZARD, Ky. — Tim Reynolds, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Hazard, said the flood waters barely lapped up onto his parking lot. “It didn’t get in here,” he said. “I can’t explain that our town didn’t get hit like Whitesburg and some of the other areas. We have […]
July 28, 2022
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press PHILADELPHIA — Younger Christians who engage with Scripture are more apt to care for prisoners and immigrants as neighbors than are older Christians, the latest release from the 2022 State of the Bible reveals. While older Scripture-engaged Christians, those age 77 and above, more often say it’s important to be […]
July 28, 2022
By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The Southern Baptist Convention’s ethics entity called on July 26 for the U.S. Senate to oppose legislation that threatens to gain enough Republican support to codify same-sex marriage into law. In a letter to all senators, Brent Leatherwood, acting president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), […]
July 13, 2022
By Scott Barkley Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Within images released by the James Webb telescope, Christians can not only get previously unseen views of the cosmos, but resounding confirmation of God’s creative design and man’s perspective in it. David Block, emeritus professor at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Danny Faulkner, who […]
July 12, 2022
By Scott Barkley Baptist Press NASHVILLE — The weekday preschool ministry at Englewood Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, N.C., feeds approximately 60 children a day, a number that doubles in the fall. Food costs have always been a part of such ministries, but it’s just one of several areas where inflation has commanded more attention. […]
July 12, 2022
By Chad Burchett Baptist Press WAKE FOREST, N.C. — In an effort to ensure that students are equipped to prevent and respond to abuse in their ministry contexts, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has announced the launch of a mandatory sexual abuse prevention and response course starting August 2022. “Sexual abuse in any form should not […]
July 11, 2022
By Scott Barkley Baptist Press NASHVILLE — A survey of Americans and their view of Scripture reflects a trend of disassociation from religion. One’s exposure to Scripture, however, can also factor in those results. The number of Americans accepting the Bible as the literal Word of God has reached its lowest point since Gallup began […]
July 11, 2022
By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — President Biden took further action Friday in his administration’s ongoing effort to offset the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision, and Southern Baptist and other pro-life advocates again declared their opposition. Biden signed an executive order on July 8 intended to protect access to […]
July 6, 2022
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (BP) – Mass shootings don’t generally happen in affluent Highland Park, where a gunman killed seven and wounded 30 others gathered for a July 4th parade. “That’s the last place that you would normally, and I say normally, expect stuff like that to occur,” said Rick Dorsey, […]
June 30, 2022
By Aaron Earls Writer, Lifeway Christian Resources NASHVILLE — Protestant pastors say they will worship God and honor America at church services this weekend, and they’re not too worried churchgoers will confuse the two. Most pastors (56 percent) say it’s important to incorporate patriotic elements into worship services the week of July 4th to celebrate […]
June 27, 2022
By Tom Strode Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court delivered what most religious liberty advocates declared an important victory June 27 in ruling the post-game, midfield prayer of a high school football coach did not violate the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion. In a 6-3 opinion, the justices decided the […]
June 27, 2022
By ERLC staff NASHVILLE — In a monumental case that strikes down a constitutional basis for abortion, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Dobbs v. Jackson on June 24 that the issue of abortion is returned to the states. Specifically, the court held that “Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion […]
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