New Mexico Children’s Home Offering Seminary for Houseparents | Baptist Press
PORTALES, N.M. (BP) – Some ideas are so simple, so needed and so good, it’s hard to figure out why it took so long to think of them.
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Pope Francis condemns ‘unacceptable drifts’ towards euthanasia, assisted suicide
Pope Francis is condemning the “unacceptable” drifts towards euthanasia, characterizing efforts to deprive the terminally ill of the necessities of life as “neither human nor Christian.”
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Church of England moves to oppose Nationality and Borders Bill
The Church of England's General Synod has voted to challenge the government's Nationality and Borders Bill after members claimed it could leave child trafficking victims more "unprotected and at risk".
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Pastor’s ministry to struggling Dakota churches ‘all about love’ | Baptist Press
RAPID CITY, S.D. (BP) – Pastor Steve Osage has served as a conduit of God’s blessings to ministries across the Dakotas for 20 years, but he doesn’t want any credit.
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FIRST-PERSON: One day closer | Baptist Press
EL CAJON, Calif. (BP) – Recently I came across a story about a man who had a dream of standing in his house on an overcast afternoon. Suddenly he became aware of a change in the barometric pressure. Somehow the air felt different.
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Pope Benedict XVI requests ‘forgiveness’ after release of clergy sexual abuse report
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has issued a “heartfelt request for forgiveness to survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in response to a recent report chronicling hundreds of victims of abuse in the archdiocese he used to lead.
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Venue Church Pastor Tavner Smith apologizes for ‘inappropriate relationship’ in return to pulpit
Pastor Tavner Smith of Venue Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, confessed Sunday that he was involved in an “inappropriate relationship” and asked for his congregation's forgiveness as he returned to the pulpit after a brief sabbatical.
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Pope Benedict makes ‘heartfelt request for forgiveness’ but denies wrongdoing
Benedict XVI takes confessional tone in response to allegations of abuse cover-up.
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Racial inequality in CofE ‘has to be addressed’, says Lord Boateng
Former government minister Lord Boateng has slammed the Church of England's General Synod for not being racially diverse enough.
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NAMB’s Journeyman program prepares college grads for mission field | Baptist Press
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – When Isaac Woodward moved from North Georgia to New Orleans as his dad took a teaching role at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, the 11-year-old wasn’t thrilled.
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FBC Farmersville shines the light of Jesus during North Texas ice storm | Baptist Press
FARMERSVILLE, Texas (BP) – When John and Judy arrived at First Baptist Church of Farmersville, Texas, last Thursday, it had already been a rough 24 hours.
