The Church Should Be Leading the Immigration Conversation. Here’s How – RELEVANT
Over the last several months, immigration enforcement in the United States reached a scale rarely seen outside of major legislative overhauls. Immigration
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Southern Baptists Debate How to Best Be Pro-Life
A debate over the best legal approach to abortion and how it informs resolutions within the Southern Baptist Convention has resurfaced as messengers are set to gather for the denomination’s annual meeting next week.
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FIRST-PERSON: 6 last-minute tips for VBS | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Vacation Bible School season is upon us. And with the clock steadily ticking, it’s likely that all that early excitement you felt as you began to plan for VBS has now devolved into a mild panic. Don’t worry … that’s normal! Take a deep breath and then…
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Mennonite Church USA passes resolution allowing pastors to perform gay weddings
The Mennonite Church USA has voted to retire denomination-wide Membership Guidelines that prohibited pastors from performing same-sex weddings but will allow local church bodies to maintain the ban.
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Learning about Abortion at VBS
In this issue of A Public Witness, we sign up for a quick history of VBS before heading to Zoomerang to experience a unique VBS for today’s culture wars. Finally, we pack up for the day by reflecting on what this means for churches.
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Michael Todd warns against ‘spirit of condemnation’: ‘In Christ, I’m not a cheater’
Oklahoma megachurch Pastor Michael Todd said the phrase “once a cheater, always a cheater” doesn’t apply to repentant Christians because in Christ, I’m not a cheater.”
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Judge Orders Church Led by CBN Spokesman Brad Jurkovich To Turn Over Financial Records
A group of church members at First Baptist Church in Bossier, Louisiana, has sued the church, claiming the pastor diverted money from missions to a conservative Baptist group. The pastor says Satan is trying to destroy the church.
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New York church invites drag queens for Pentecost service: ‘Worship is a Drag’
A church in upstate New York marked LGBT pride month by hosting a pair of drag queens at a worship service.
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After the explosive Southern Baptist abuse report, where does the SBC go from here?
Christian Post Executive Editor Richard Land, a former head of SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, offers his thoughts on the recent SBC sexual abuse report and discusses where America's largest Protestant denomination goes from here.
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ELCA trans bishop resigns following allegations of racism, disciplinary process
The first trans-identified bishop in the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has resigned amid allegations of racism and other issues.
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Known SBC presidential candidates submit First Person articles | Baptist Press
As Southern Baptists prepare to travel to Anaheim for the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting, the three known presidential candidates have submitted First-Person style essays to Baptist Press. Robin Hadaway, Bart Barber and Tom Ascol have been previously interviewed by BP. In addition, BP covered a candidate forum in Keller, Texas,…
