The Week of American Idolatry
For this issue of A Public Witness, we virtually trek deep in the heart of Texas to see how “God and country” too often looks more like country as god at Prestonwood Baptist Church.
Church & Ministries
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Evangelical Giving Stabilizes after Years of Decline, New Report Finds
After several years of measurable decline, giving among evangelical Protestants in the United States appears to have stabilized, according to a new study examining patterns of generosity, political giving and volunteerism.
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FIRST-PERSON: Prayer is the greater work | Baptist Press
The most profound thoughts on the Christian life are often the simplest.
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Georgia church holds Easter services despite damage to building in crash | Baptist Press
TENNILLE, Ga. — Tennille Baptist Church gathered for Easter worship Sunday (April 5) despite damage to the building caused the night before when a high-speed police pursuit ended with a vehicle crashing into the front of the church.
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Savannah Guthrie Opens Up in Church Video about Missing Mom
Loading the Audio Player... TheToday show co-anchor addressed her New York church on Sunday and discussed her struggle with faith after months of searching for her missing 84-year...
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CP Giving Totals Remain about 3% Below Budget through March | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Cooperative Program giving remained under budget in March, keeping year-to-date totals around 3 percent below goals.
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A wave of baptisms in Illinois churches shows power of sharing | Baptist Press
A church in Georgia reported baptizing 400 people on a single Sunday in March. From among 3,000 worship attenders at the church’s three campuses, hundreds responded to the call to follow Christ in baptism. And they stirred the waters for a long time that day.
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Holding out hope in dark times: a little can do a lot
In the midst of crisis, when powerful people play war games and masses suffer because of it, it is easy to feel impotent, a victim of circumstance. But there is hope. We need to look for, and recount, alternate stories that evidence hope. The quiet, "widows mite", stories of faithfulness and breakthrough in ordinary everyday living are needed, especially now.
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Pope Leo Calls for an All-Around Laying Down of Weapons
Loading the Audio Player... During his first Easter Mass as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV urged those who have the power to unleash wars to choose peace and lay down their weapons. The Ch...
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Another Christian girl abducted, forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan
A Christian family is seeking justice after their 16-year-old daughter was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and possibly married to a Muslim prayer leader, according to her father.
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Attacks on Easter worship services kill eight Christians in Nigeria
Fulani terrorists killed eight Christians in attacks on two worship services on Easter Sunday (April 5) in Kaduna state, Nigeria, following the killing of 17 Christians in Benue state, sources said.
