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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SBC President Bart Barber Says Predecessor Johnny Hunt is Unfit to Return to Ministry
“I would permanently ‘defrock’ Johnny Hunt if I had the authority to do so,” Bart Barber, sitting president of the Southern Baptist Convention, said in a statement released Tuesday. Hunt, who served as president of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination from 2008 to 2010, stepped aside from public ministry in May after allegations that he had sexually assaulted another pastor’s wife were made public.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Pays Solidarity Visit to Ukraine
The Archbishop of Canterbury is on a three-day visit to Ukrainian capital Kyiv in solidarity with the country's people and churches after months of war.
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Most Pastors Say They Often Preach about Unity among Church Members, But Christians Disagree
While nearly half of pastors and Christians say the term unity speaks to agreement and a majority of pastors say they often preach about unity between members of their church, less than half of ...
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Evangelical Charities Saw Rise in Giving during Pandemic: Report
Despite the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, hundreds of Evangelical organizations saw a rise in donations from 2020 to 2021, according to a new report
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Charity Apologizes For Telling Chaplain Not to Wear Cross
A charity in England has apologized to a Christian chaplain for telling him he was not allowed to wear a cross.
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SBC Head Rejects Claim Ex-President Johnny Hunt Has Been Restored to Ministry after Abuse Allegation
Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber has rejected the claim of four pastors that disgraced former church leader Johnny Hunt has been restored to ministry after being suspended earlier ...
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Pastors Say Johnny Hunt, Former SBC President Accused of Abuse, Can Return to Ministry
Disgraced former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt plans a return to ministry after completing a restoration process overseen by four pastors, according to a video released last week. Hunt, a longtime megachurch pastor in Georgia, was named earlier this year in the Guidepost Solutions report on sexual abuse in the SBC, which alleged that Hunt had sexually assaulted another pastor’s wife in 2010.
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Senate Passes Act Redefining Marriage
Twelve Republicans voted with Democrats in the Senate on Tuesday to pass the so-called Respect for Marriage Act. The bill would enshrine a right to same-sex marriage into federal law. Religious libert...
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Dallas house church network is model for those who may one day return to China | Baptist Press
CEDAR HILL, Texas (BP) – Chinese believers who accept Christ while living in the U.S. might not be able to find an American-style church if they return to China. That’s part of the reason why Eugene Zhang is leading a house church movement in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a…
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Less than half of U.K. population now Christian, study says
The U.K. Office for National Statistics released a report Tuesday showing that the percentage of people in England and Wales claiming to be Christians dropped over the last decade. In 2021, only about...
