Religious Freedom Report Flags Five New Concerning Countries
Loading the Audio Player... The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a Wednesday report recommending that five new countries be flagged as countries of partic...
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Prominent 82-Year-Old Pastor Douglas Jones to Face Judge for Sex Crime
Douglas P Jones, the longtime senior pastor of Welcome Missionary Baptist Church in Pontiac, Michigan, is expected to be arraigned before a Circuit Court Judge next Thursday, May 29, on a
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Memorial Day Flag Relay brings healing, encouragement and Gospel connections | Baptist Press
MOBILE, Ala. (BP) – First in Fallujah, Iraq, then in Djibouti, Africa, and finally Mobile, Alabama, the Memorial Day Flag Relay (MDFR) has been bringing encouragement and healing to active-duty servicemen, veterans and their families for 20 years.
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Pastor in Kyrgyzstan tortured, charged with ‘inciting enmity’
A church pastor in Kyrgyzstan facing possible conviction on Thursday (May 29) of ‘inciting enmity’ was struck with an iron pipe, kicked and received blows to his head and chest after his arrest in November, according to rights group Forum 18.
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Five Years after George Floyd’s Murder, Church Leaders Say Race Relations Face Retrenchment
‘We are honest about the conditions that we're facing, but we are not hopeless about what we're facing,' said Bishop W. Darin Moore of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
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Don’t Shut Down the ERLC, Say Former SBC Presidents in Open Letter
A group of prominent SBC leaders say the denomination's public policy arm still matters.
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‘We must teach truth that transforms’: African theologians call for contextual training models at Africa General Assembly
The 13th General Assembly of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) continued on Friday, May 23, with a compelling call for theological education in Africa to be both contextually relevant and widely accessible. Two leading educators, Dr. Daniel Kawata and Dr. Habtamu Umer, delivered keynote presentations urging evangelical leaders to radically rethink how they train pastors and equip church leaders across the continent.
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Counseling for Ministers’ Wives Offered at Annual Meeting | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – Counseling for ministers’ wives will be offered for the first time this year at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas to address trials often experienced in isolation given the unique roles of such women.
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Idaho church building owner sides with DOJ in zoning case
The city of Troy used parking concerns as an excuse to reject Christ Church’s permit to meet and worship in a building downtown, building owner Matt Meyer told WORLD Wednesday evening. Meyer spoke w...
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Fire at Historic Black Church in Memphis was Intentionally Set, Investigators Say
The fire severely damaged Clayborn Temple, which served as the headquarters for the 1968 sanitation workers’ strike that brought the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the city.
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‘A tangible expression of God’s love’: Baptist Church Opens 60 Affordable Housing Units
A church in Washington state has opened 60 affordable housing units right across the street from their sanctuary
