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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CP giving soars to more than 12% above budget | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – The start of 2022 indicates a continuation of recent giving trends in the SBC as giving through the national Cooperative Program Allocation Budget has soared to more than 12 percent above budget for the fiscal year. January’s $21.1 million total is only the second time a monthly…
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FIRST-PERSON: Oppression and the Olympics | Baptist Press
The opening ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics are Friday (Feb. 4). Like many around the world, I love gathering with friends and family to cheer on the athletes representing my country. The Olympics are supposed to bring people together, but as Josh Rogin writes, “the Beijing Olympics has become…
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Strive to ‘serve rather than be served,’ Biden says at National Prayer Breakfast | Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (BP) – President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to a group of limited participants at the 70th National Prayer Breakfast. The event, typically held in International Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel, was hosted in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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Seminary granted $1M to launch House of Black Church Studies
An ecumenical seminary based in Tennessee has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Lilly Endowment to advance studies on the African American church.
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The unlikely friendship of Annie Armstrong and Nannie Helen Burroughs | Baptist Press
In 1897, Annie Armstrong, recording secretary of the Woman’s Missionary Union, met with Nannie Helen Burroughs, an up-and-coming leader in the National Baptist Convention.
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FIRST-PERSON: Why cooperate? A New Testament model | Baptist Press
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – Why cooperate? At first glance, the question itself might seem rather trivial. Cooperation unifies. It accomplishes more than individual effort. It overcomes isolationist tendencies.
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First African American Named to Key SBC Post — as Interim
Tennessee pastor Willie McLaurin has been named interim president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, becoming the first African American to lead one of the denomination’s ministry entities in its more than 175-year history.
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SBC Executive Committee names interim president amid fallout from attorney-client privilege vote
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee has named Tennessee Pastor Willie McLaurin its interim president amid an investigation into how leaders handled allegations of sexual abuse at churches.
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Indian-born pastor among youngest bishops in CofE as denomination aims to hit BAME targets
The Church of England has ordained a 42-year-old India-born priest as a bishop as part of its plans to increase the number of clergy from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
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Faith in the Metaverse: A VR Quest for Community, Fellowship
Many Americans — some traditionally religious, some religiously unaffiliated — are increasingly communing spiritually through virtual reality, one of the many evolving spaces in the metaverse that have grown in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic.
