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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FIRST-PERSON: 3 ways we can remember imprisoned Christians | Baptist Press
HOUSTON (BP) -- Would you visit someone in prison if you could lose your job for it? What if you could end up in prison with them just because you were willing to be associated with them? These are the types of questions that many Christians throughout the world face…
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Hundreds of Southern Baptist Pastors Call for SBC Amendment to Ban Female Pastors
More than 700 Southern Baptist pastors are calling on the Southern Baptist Convention SBC to prohibit women from serving as a pastor of any kind at SBC-affiliated churches
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7 Important Dates in the Reformation Life of Martin Luther
Here are seven important dates regarding the life Martin Luther and his involvement in the Protestant Reformation that he began They include the Diet of Worms, the release of the German New ...
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Only 13% of Pastors Advise Christians to Avoid Halloween Completely, Survey Finds
The majority of Protestant pastors in the United States do not advise Christians to avoid Halloween entirely, and many instead encouraged churchgoers to use the holiday to build relationships with ...
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Some Pastors See Halloween as ‘innocent’ Fun, Others View the Holiday as ‘demonic’
In a series of interviews, The Christian Post asked pastors with children of their own about how their families approach Halloween Some say they do not allow their children to celebrate the annual ...
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Black Church Tradition Survives Georgia’s Voting Changes
Black church leaders in Georgia organized rallies Sunday (Oct. 30) in a push to get their congregants to vote — a longstanding tradition known as “souls to the polls” that is taking on greater meaning this year amid new obstacles to casting a ballot in the midterm elections.
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Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, longtime pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, dies at 73
The Rev Calvin O Butts III, a prominent African American pastor of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City who was known for his social activism, has died at age 73 of cancer
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Saddleback Hopes to Stay in SBC amid Female Pastor Controversy, Lead Pastor Says
Saddleback Church does not want to leave the Southern Baptist Convention over their recent support of female pastors, according to recently installed lead pastor Andy Wood
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FIRST-PERSON: Georgia Baptist bicentennial: Lamenting a heritage of racism and slavery | Baptist Press
Thousands of enslaved Black people were members of Georgia Baptist churches. They supported their churches through active membership, including voluntary gifts, and through the profits taken from their labor.
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‘Mission of God’ fuels theological education to the ends of the earth | Baptist Press
ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) — You likely wouldn’t call Kristen Ferguson a “techie.”
