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NASHVILLE (BP) – Texas pastor Juan Sanchez believes Southern Baptists can walk and chew gum at the same. Sanchez led the way for messengers at the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting to affirm the first reading of an amendment to the SBC Constitution that would include a statement saying only men…
On July 4, 1976, two million Americans gathered at Independence Mall in Philadelphia to celebrate the Bicentennial (200th anniversary) of the Declaration of Independence. The historic event featured President Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States, with Charlton Heston, a World War II veteran and Hollywood star, serving…
This issue of A Public Witness attends multiple disaffiliation blessings — from Southern Baptist to United Methodist and Mennonite — to consider a different model for denominational partings.
A 13-year-old boy who died while attending a Christian summer camp in Minnesota after a spinning boat propeller struck him during a tubing accident is being remembered as a believer who touched the ...
More than 6,000 congregations have left the United Methodist Church over the past couple of years due to the denomination s ongoing debate over whether to no longer consider homosexuality a sin
More than 6,000 congregations have left the United Methodist Church over the past couple of years due to the denomination s ongoing debate over whether to no longer consider homosexuality a sin
Religious worship service attendance in the United States is still below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels despite a slight increase in the last two years, with a slightly steeper decline among Catholics ...
This year, across America, families large and small will gather and celebrate America’s 247th birthday. As we break out the fireworks (legally, of course), crank up the Lee Greenwood, and light the grill, we should reflect on how Christians should feel about this nation.
NASHVILLE (BP) – After more than two decades of affiliation, Elevation Church in Matthews, N.C., says they no longer desire to cooperate with the SBC. The church informed the SBC Executive Committee of their decision by letter dated June 26.
Notable theologian, author and Bible teacher John Piper argued this week that women should not hold spiritually authoritative positions in parachurch organizations, believing that this runs afoul of ...
