Rick Melson Elected New President of Moody Bible Institute: ‘Will seek God’s wisdom’ to Lead Next Chapter
Rick Melson has been elected the new president of Moody Bible Institute, months after his predecessor announced plans to step down
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National Baptists Launch Social Justice Center Near US Capitol
‘Voting rights are being eroded,’ said President Boise Kimber of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. ‘Black political leaders are being decimated by redistricting.’
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FIRST-PERSON: Is the Cooperative Program still relevant? | Baptist Press
I’ve pastored churches in Kentucky, Florida and Tennessee, and I remain a Cooperative Program cheerleader. We are better together.
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A Christian perspective on the Bible, Israel, Christian Zionsim, and the myth of holy war
The Hebrew scriptures are easily weaponized when passages are taken out of context of the whole Christian Bible. The advent, death, and resurrection of Jesus changes the entire narrative. Here is an example leveraged by Christian Zionists in favor of Israel's continuing attack on Gaza.
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Georgia Baptist churches see baptisms grow through faithful evangelism | Baptist Press
Georgia Baptist churches of every size are seeing people come to faith in Christ, and pastors say the growth is coming not from elaborate programs but from faithful preaching, persistent prayer, personal evangelism and churches willing to celebrate every baptism as a work of God.
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Remember When Rick Warren Got Every Church in America to Actually Be United? – RELEVANT
It shouldn't have worked. Getting 12,000 American churches — Baptist and Lutheran and Episcopal and Reformed and Pentecostal — to read the same book,
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‘Corruption is horrible’: Serbian Evangelicals Wary as Vučić Vows to Step Down
Evangelical leaders in Serbia gave cautious responses to President Aleksandar Vučić's announcement that he will resign in the coming weeks, following more than a year of student-led protests against his government.
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Amid ICE Killings, More Than 100 Clergy from across the US Stage Protest at Delaney Hall
'I am sick and tired of waking up every morning to see another loved one is dead,' said Charlene Walker, head of Faith in New Jersey.
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Wisdom from an unexpected source
Reading the Bible through unbelievers' eyes can highlight remarkable things believers take for granted. In a new book by Norwegian socialists, the authors were struck by how often scripture condemns injustice, defends widows and orphans, welcomes strangers and warns against the corrupting power of riches. Why then have so many Christians stopped expecting it to shape public life?
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Global Baptists Meet in Toronto to Work for Justice and Peace
This issue of A Public Witness treks to The Six to cover the recent gathering of the Baptist World Alliance.
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The Latina Women in Texas Reshaping the UMC
Latina United Methodist Church leaders in Texas are emerging with fresh models for ministry following years of schism, decline, and uncertainty within the denomination.
