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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SBC Ethics Committee Names New Candidate for President
Loading the Audio Player... A search committee within the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, or ERLC, on Monday announced Evan Lenow was its candidate for the group’s next...
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Church planters say Annie Armstrong prayers fueled baptisms, new partnerships | Baptist Press
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — There's no way they could've known what was coming.
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Devastating attack in northeastern Nigeria despite the presence of U.S. troops
Gwoza, in northeastern Nigeria, is reeling after a series of attacks that left dozens dead and hundreds displaced in spite of U.S. military presence nearby. The U.S. intervention appears to have had little immediate impact in preventing the massacres of Christians and moderate Muslims in central and northeastern Nigeria.
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Gunmen in Nigeria kill 28 people in predominantly Christian area
Gunmen on Sunday (March 29) reportedly killed 28 people in a densely populated, predominantly Christian area of Jos, Plateau state, Nigeria, sources said.
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Florida Baptist DR Completes 15-Week Hurricane Response in Jamaica | Baptist Press
ST. JAMES, Jamaica – March concludes a long season of hurricane relief in Jamaica for the Florida Baptist Disaster Relief team.
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Trump shares letter from Franklin Graham about the gospel, salvation
Loading the Audio Player... Preacher Franklin Graham sent President Donald Trump a letter explaining the Christian understanding of salvation, according to a photo Trump shared on...
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His Arrest Went Viral. Now Rev. Michael Woolf Is Preaching What He Calls ‘Sanctuary Values.’
The photo of his arrest during a protest against ICE has given the Chicago-area pastor a platform to share a theology that centers immigrants and that harkens back to the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980's.
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Texas Baptists, Nonprofit Communion Partner to Help Christian Marriages Thrive
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Texas Baptists and the national Christian marriage ministry Communio are teaming up for a new statewide partnership to equip churches in strengthening
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Reconciling God with present suffering: a testimony
Having lost her father, her career, and her dream of becoming a mother in quick succession, Meera Davina Mahadevan found herself in a crucible of suffering. Rejecting easy answers, here she shares a fresh reflection on her journey, exploring how faith can survive, and even thrive, in the deep valleys of suffering and loss.
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Archaeologists Unearth 1,500-Year-Old Monastic Complex in Egypt
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a 1,500-year-old monastic complex in the Nile Delta, including a fifth-century building believed to have served as a reception facility for pilgrims, Egypt s
