Women deacons off the table? Synod delegate claims ‘some women sense a call to priesthood’
“I think we have to look at the question very much from … the Spirit. ‘Is the Spirit calling women?’” said Sister Mary Theresa Barron, OLA.
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Bring Your Pets to Church, Haitian Immigrant Priest Tells Worshippers. ‘I Am Not Going To Eat Them … I Will Bless Them.”
At St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Rev. Jean Beniste, a Haitian immigrant and Episcopal priest turned internet curses into blessings during an annual blessing of the animals, held in honor of St. Francis.
Black Catholics Lament as Archdiocese of Baltimore Plans to Cut Parishes by Half
A group of longtime black Catholics in Baltimore might end up leaving the Catholic Church as the Archdiocese of Baltimore is set to downsize the number of parishes in the city by half under an
Church Ministry Allows Families with Children of Special Needs to Worship Together, Cultivate Their Faith
For years, attending church as a family wasn t possible for the Alstons, whose 6-year-old son has autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder That is, until a chance conversation led the
‘Brotherhood Remnant’ podcast tells former commission’s story | Baptist Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Laymen serve in their churches as deacons and elders, Sunday School teachers, committee members, disaster relief volunteers and in various boards and committees of the Southern Baptist Convention and 40-plus state Baptist conventions.
50 years later, layman’s legacy of Owen Cooper still shines | Baptist Press
YAZOO CITY, Miss. – Owen Cooper wasn’t a Baptist when he left for college, intending to be a Presbyterian as was his mother. But he happened to “get hold of a Baptist Bible,” leading the young Mississippian into a faith journey that helped shape Southern Baptists during the latter half…
FIRST-PERSON: After visiting IMB, here are 6 things I love about it … and one thing I do not | Baptist Press
I recently led a group of Kentucky Baptists to the International Mission Board training center and offices in Richmond, Virginia, to gain a better understanding of the impact of our Cooperative Program.
Kansas church reaches the nations locally | Baptist Press
GARDEN CITY, Kansas (BP) – The nations are coming here, and First Southern Baptist Church is ready for them.
CP giving tops $191 million, 2% below annual budget goal | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Total fiscal year giving for the 2023-2024 was just over $191 million falling a little more than 2 percent below the goal of $195,250,000.
Rick Warren: 'Part of finishing the task is re-evangelising the Church'
Ahead of his speech Saturday at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation, Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church in California, warned believers must re-evangelise nominal Christians to fulfill the Great Commission, adding that some Christians have traded "spiritual power for political influence."
