Banned church in China faces closures, detentions
A large church in China that has regrouped and spread after authorities dismantled it in 2018 has faced renewed detentions and closures in the past few weeks, rights monitor Bitter Winter reported.
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LGBTQ Teens Wanted a Pride Festival in Their Town. How Five Churches Made It Happen.
Five churches organized the event out of a conviction of their faith, but as an invisible network.
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‘Christians must sing to the [communist] party before praising Jesus’: worship restrictions intensify in China
Churches affiliated with China’s state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement have effectively been required to sing a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) anthem before the closing benediction in Sunday worship services, according to recent reports. The mandate has sparked serious concern, as it is viewed not merely as a formal adjustment but as a deliberate shift intended to displace God from the center of worship and replace Him with loyalty to the Communist Party.
Pro-Life Debate at SBC Centers on Political, Theological Arguments to Criminalizing Abortion
Should women and the men who assist them face criminal charges for getting an abortion That question took center stage this week on the sidelines of the Southern Baptist Convention s Annual Meeting
Pressley leads slate of SBC officers | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – Clint Pressley has been reelected SBC president and will begin his term with two newly elected officers and two officers reelected during the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas.
Messengers celebrate 100 years of Cooperative Program giving | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – During the June 10 afternoon session of the SBC annual meeting in Dallas, SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg led messengers in celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program giving.
Citing challenges overcome 100 years ago, Iorg urges Southern Baptists to choose cooperation | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – In 1925, Southern Baptists faced a “percolating maelstrom of denominational uncertainty,” Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg said in his EC report to messengers to the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting June 10. And in a time when solutions were needed, “courageous leaders redefined cooperation.”
Send Relief spotlights power of collaboration and compassion ministry at SBC Annual Meeting | Baptist Press
DALLAS — On June 10, Southern Baptists witnessed a demonstration of partnership and purpose at the SBC Annual Meeting as the work of Send Relief — a collaborative compassion ministry between the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and the International Mission Board (IMB) — took center stage.
Ministers’ Wives urged to press on ‘In His Presence’ | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – It is possible to be well-known and desperately lonely, Sheila Walsh told a group of 2,000 women at the sold-out Ministers’ Wives Luncheon June 10 at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas.
Pressley calls messengers to celebrate being Southern Baptist and a ‘year of grace’ | Baptist Press
DALLAS (BP) – Calling SBC messengers at the 2025 annual meeting in Dallas to recognize God’s grace this past year, SBC President Clint Pressley said he is “glad to be Southern Baptist” and invited listeners to join in the celebration.
