Franklin Graham visits Venezuelans recovering from earthquake
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Willy Rice Elected SBC President | Baptist Press
ORLANDO (BP) – Florida pastor Willy Rice has been elected SBC president. Rice follows North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley, who served two terms in the role.
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‘Bearing His Image’ Panelists Offer Awareness, Actionable Steps to Confront Sexual Exploitation | Baptist Press
ORLANDO (BP) – Anti-trafficking specialist Ashlee Lucas of The Tebow Group shared one instance of a Red Dot Map, a law enforcement visualization of computers in the U.S. accessing child sexual abuse material.
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At TPUSA’s Women’s Summit, Christian Influencers Say Feminism Threatens Motherhood
Thousands gathered for the Texas event as young women increasingly abandon religion.
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Florida Pastor Paul Purvis to Be Nominated for SBC First Vice President | Baptist Press
ORLANDO, Florida — Paul Purvis, lead pastor at Mission Hill Church in Temple Terrace, Florida, will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2026 SBC Annual Meeting.
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Seminary provides practical support for children displaced by war in Lebanon
As Lebanon suffers under yet another war, the campus of a local seminary has become a safe haven for traumatized children; helping them to process their emotions in a healthy way guided by the Bible. Here is a glimpse into the Salt and Light program for children at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary.
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Spanish-language workshops and conferences train, equip and encourage Hispanic Baptists | Baptist Press
ORLANDO – On Monday, June 8, Hispanic Southern Baptists had multiple opportunities to sharpen their skills through morning and afternoon workshop and conference sessions.
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Presidential forums give Southern Baptists a final audience with candidates | Baptist Press
ORLANDO (BP) – Messengers still contemplating their vote for Southern Baptist Convention president this afternoon received two opportunities in recent days to hear the views of Florida pastor Willy Rice and his South Carolina counterpart, Josh Powell, with each laying out their many similarities and relatively few, though noted, differences.
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At ACCM2026, head of global discipleship movement calls Asian Church to repent, resolve, and realign
On the evening of June 9, 2026, as 210 evangelical leaders from 25 nations gathered in Manila, the second keynote address of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026 opened with challenging pictures illustrating church decline and moving towards a call for revival by returning to the Church’s key task of disciple making.
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‘Covered in the dust of the rabbi’: at ACCM2026, WEA head emphasizes discipleship happens in community
On the evening of June 9, 2026, 210 evangelical leaders from 25 nations gathered in Manila for the opening session of the Asia Conference on Church & Mission (ACCM) 2026. Rev. Botrus Mansour, Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance, delivered the first keynote address of the conference. His message was primarily a pastoral argument, grounded in ancient Jewish practice, for why discipleship must be done in community — and what the Church loses when it forgets this.
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Religious expression defense omitted from hate crime bill in Canada
The right to express religious beliefs in Canada remained in jeopardy after lawmakers declined to include a religious belief defense in a hate crime bill.
