Texas Church Plans Third Annual Trip to Help Ukraine Refugee Children | Baptist Press
For the third consecutive year, volunteers from First Baptist Church in Garland will travel to eastern Europe to bring Christmas joy to Ukrainian refugee children.
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Mississippi church maxes out its messengers for the first time | Baptist Press
TUPELO, Miss. (BP) – Nearly 11,000 messengers made the trip to the Indiana Convention Center last month for the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting and Pastors’ Conference. The event included almost 200 ancillary events and gatherings, and the total crowd included not just messengers but also more than 3,000 guests, not…
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United Methodists Elect a Third Openly Gay, Married Bishop
Kristin Stoneking will replace Bishop Karen Oliveto, the denomination’s first openly gay married bishop, who, at age 66, is retiring.
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Annual meeting parking lot encounter brings food, clothes, payday to migrant | Baptist Press
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (BP) – The man asked Daren Belardo for some cash. He received much more than that.
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Study: Southern Baptists supportive of the Cooperative Program | Baptist Press
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – A large majority of Southern Baptist pastors believe the Cooperative Program supports the ministries and missions their church values and allows their church to support more missions endeavors than it could on its own.
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Perfect storm leads major insurers to drop churches | Baptist Press
(RNS) – An ongoing wave of disasters – Gulf Coast hurricanes, wildfires in California, severe thunderstorms and flooding in the Midwest – along with skyrocketing construction costs post-COVID have left the insurance industry reeling.
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Arabic church-planting conference aims to accelerate efforts to reach Arabic-speaking populations | Baptist Press
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) – A group of more than 60 pastors, wives and other ministry leaders met for a three-day Arabic Church Planting Conference at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) July 10-12 to worship, network and encourage one another in the work of planting churches among Arabic-speaking peoples.
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Why the Church Has to Reject ‘Toxic Positivity’ – RELEVANT
Hobbling through the church doors one Sunday evening, I came with the hope that its familiar warmth would bring comfort and normalcy amid the shambles of
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Pastors, Christian leaders react to shooting at Trump rally
Churches across the United States gathered for weekly service Sunday morning, less than 24 hours after officials say a 20-year-old man tried to kill former President Donald Trump. Many churches held c...
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‘Overseers’ appointed for evangelical congregations at odds with CofE same-sex blessings
The Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) has appointed a group of 'overseers' to provide informal alternative spiritual oversight (ASO) to clergy and parishes that cannot for reasons of conscience support the introduction of same-sex blessings.
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How a Perfect Storm Sent Church Insurance Rates Skyrocketing
The same factors that have caused a crisis in the homeowner's insurance market are also affecting churches, who have to choose between paying for insurance or running programs.
