SBC Ethics Committee Names New Candidate for President
Loading the Audio Player... A search committee within the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, or ERLC, on Monday announced Evan Lenow was its candidate for the group’s next...
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ADF International Calls for Renewed Actions against Radical Islamists
A Christian legal advocacy group urged the international community to launch new efforts against Islamist terrorism last week as the European Parliament commemorated the 10th anniversary of the ISIS genocide against Christians in Syria and Iraq.
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At Labor Department Prayer Service, MAGA Preacher Says Employees are Working for God and Trump
Leon Benjamin, a charismatic preacher who frequently spoke at the ReAwaken America Tour, attended the ‘Stop the Steal’ rally on Jan. 6, 2021, and even walked with the crowd to the Capitol grounds.
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Former Miss California USA expelled from Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
The White House Religious Liberty Commission removed conservative activist Carrie Prejean Boller days after the outspoken Roman Catholic pushed back on witness testimony about anti-Semitism in America...
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Fire claims California church’s sanctuary, but not its mission | Baptist Press
TULARE, Calif. (BP) – A Monday morning fire that has rendered the building of Family Baptist Church useless is nonetheless revealing how the congregation is much more than a name.
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Mississippi drive‑through prayer ministry sparks unexpected prison outreach | Baptist Press
LAMBERT, Miss. – Drive down 6th Street in Lambert on any given Tuesday morning and you will be guaranteed to receive a sign to pull over and pray.
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Chatbots devastated them. Can the church help? | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – James’ interactions with ChatGPT started innocently. He used it like a search engine at first, then began asking the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot “creative, philosophical and quasi-spiritual” questions, he said. The answers seemed life-like, so the upstate New York resident became convinced ChatGPT was alive – and…
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Southern Baptists bring timeless message to Winter Olympics | Baptist Press
MILAN, Italy – Southern Baptists are ready to share the hope of Christ with the nations! As the 2026 Winter Olympic games get under way, International Mission Board missionaries from all over Italy are teaming up with hundreds of U.S. volunteers from South Carolina, South Dakota, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia,…
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Iran: A Complex Context Where God is Growing the Church
What we have seen recently within Iran is a symptom of a deep desire for change, yet change is already happening. The Spirit of God is moving and Iranians are responding. 50,000 of Iran's 75,000 mosques have closed, reportedly as a result of Christian influence. As change continues, may Iranians coming to Christ become a blessing to all nations.
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Bible engagement in Latin America reaches record levels in 2026
The use of digital platforms for reading Scripture reached unprecedented levels in Latin America in the first quarter of 2026. Far from a fleeting New Year’s surge, the trend has remained steady, coinciding with the first anniversary of the YouVersion app’s regional office in Mexico City, established to strengthen support for Spanish-speaking faith communities, according to the press agency El Mensaje Comunicaciones.
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Muslim extremists beat two pastors in eastern Uganda
Two pastors were discharged from a hospital in eastern Uganda on Sunday (Feb. 8) after a group of Muslim extremists beat them more than a week before, sources said.
