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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Oklahoma pastor Brad Graves to be nominated for SBC 1st VP | Baptist Press
AUGUST, Ga. (BP) – Brad Graves, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ada, Okla., will be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention first vice president at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.
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FIRST-PERSON: The Bible is a special book | Baptist Press
Even before the canonization of the sacred texts, importance was attached to the prophetic and apostolic writings. Moses wrote “all the words of the Lord” in the “covenant scroll.” Joshua’s farewell address was written “in the book of the law of God.”
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He Feared Coming Out. Now This Pastor Wants to Help Black Churches Become as Welcoming as His Own
Myrtle Baptist Church takes pride in its inclusive congregation, but many Black churches and denominations in the U.S. remain opposed to celebrating same-sex marriages or ordaining openly LGBTQ+ clergy.
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Church of England Attendance Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
The Church of England has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels of attendance, latest figures show.
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SBC DIGEST: Iorg podcast has new home; RICO lawsuit against EC dismissed; Mission:Dignity recipients receive 13th check | Baptist Press
‘Lead On’ podcast finds new home as Iorg moves to SBC Executive Committee; Federal conspiracy case against the SBC Executive Committee voluntarily dismissed; Mission:Dignity recipients receive extra checks thanks to efforts of state Baptist conventions
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Enlightening CP Tour provides glimpse of how it benefits Kentucky | Baptist Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Twenty Kentucky Baptists saw firsthand the benefit giving through the Cooperative Program has in the state when they participated in a Kentucky Baptist Convention four-stop CP Tour May 14.
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BCM leaders renewed, refocused after Summit | Baptist Press
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – Cole Rogers said he picked up numerous new ideas during the 2024 Collegiate Leadership Summit.
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Vatican issues new norms to rein in supernatural phenomena
Once left only to local bishops, the Vatican doctrinal office will now have the ultimate say on apparitions, miracles and the supernatural.
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Oppressed Christians in Middle East find healing through art
It may be hard to fully portray the oppression that darkens the daily life of girls in the Middle East, but the art they have learned to create as part of their healing can make their agony clear in an instant.
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A German Church Held a Taylor Swift Service and 1,200 People Came – RELEVANT
Well, this is one way to get people to church. The Church of the Holy Spirit, a historic church located in Heimlichm, Germany, recently hosted a worship
