Thou Shalt Not … Amend the State Constitution?
This issue of A Public Witness takes you inside a hyperpartisan church for a taste of how the gospel of Jesus is being supplanted by an imperial lust for political power.
Church & Ministries
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FIRST-PERSON: A statement regarding the Baptist Faith & Message and the word ‘pastor’ | Baptist Press
When the Baptist Faith & Message Study Committee made its report to the 2000 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, the three of us, Charles S. Kelley, Jr., Richard D. Land, and R. Albert Mohler, Jr., were assigned two particular tasks by the committee and its chairman, Dr. Adrian Rogers.
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Ron Sider, Evangelical Activist Who Wrote ‘Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger,’ Dies at 82
Ron Sider, an author, seminary professor, and evangelical social justice activist, has died, according to an online update from his son. A longtime professor at Palmer Theological Seminary, is best known for his 1977 book, Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, and for founding Christians for Social Action.
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Boy’s Club: Gen Z Men Are More Likely to Be Religious Than Gen Z Women – RELEVANT
For decades, there's been a gender truism about religion in America: Women are more religious than men. It's science! Or, at least, it was. But new
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FIRST-PERSON: 3 easy ways to improve your Sunday announcements | Baptist Press
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) – With my role at the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, I have the blessing of preaching in many different churches. That allows me to see how other churches are doing their services. Some are good, and some are not so good.
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Pastor Ted Haggard Accused of Inappropriate Male Touching and Drug Use in New Ministry
Former National Association of Evangelicals President Ted Haggard, who faced a sex scandal in 2006, has been accused of inappropriately touching at least two young men and illicit drug use during his ...
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New Jersey Street Named in Honor of Longtime Minister Eugene Lawton – The Christian Chronicle
The Newark Church of Christ hasn’t changed locations since the 1960s. But on July 11, the New Jersey church’s stately brick building had a new address — South 14th and Dr. Eugene Lawton Way. Family of the Newark Church of Christ’s longtime minister, who died March 12, gathered with church members and city officials to […]
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Fellowship Baptist Church removes JD Hall from membership, says wife did not want abuse reported
Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, Montana removed its former pastor, Jordan Daniel J D Hall, from membership due to a failure to show repentance amid allegations of drug addiction and physical ...
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Reaffirmation of Traditional Stance on Marriage and Sexuality Dropped from Lambeth Call
The organisers of the Lambeth Conference have dropped sections of a draft 'Call' that sought to uphold marriage as a union between a man and a woman, and reject homosexual practice as incompatible with Scripture.
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Lambeth Conference Nixes Resolution Language That Reaffirmed Biblical Definition of Marriage
Anglican Communion leaders will no longer consider a measure that would reaffirm the traditional definition of marriage as being between one man and one woman at their decennial conference following ...
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Witches and Warlocks: Meet the Pastors Who Shared the Gospel For a Decade in a Hotbed of Witchcraft
Two pastors who led a unique and fascinating ministry in Salem, Massachusetts a hotbed of witchcraft and spiritual activity believe Christians need to turn to unconditional love when trying to reach ...
