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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Matt Chandler-led Acts 29 launches bold funding initiative for church plants in 2022
To further its mission of planting Gospel-centered churches across the United States and around the world, the Matt Chandler-led Acts 29 has announced a bold new initiative, giving up to $50,000 to new churches started through its sponsorship in 2022.
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UMC megachurch touts benefits of online worship, says it makes ‘Gospel more available’
A United Methodist megachurch based in the Kansas City metropolitan area has promoted the benefits of online worship, calling it “one of the biggest opportunities to make the Gospel more available.”
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McLaurin named SBC Executive Committee interim president/CEO | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – Willie McLaurin will be the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. The EC officers made the announcement Tuesday (Feb. 1). Since 2020, McLaurin has served the vice president for Great Commission relations and mobilization at the EC.
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Brian Houston’s stepping down from helm of Hillsong rings hollow for some
As Hillsong Church’s global senior pastor, Brian Houston, announced Sunday that he is stepping down from his role for all of 2022 to face charges of allegedly concealing sex abuse committed by his father decades earlier, the significance of the move, rings hollow for some who have legally tangled with the church over abuse.
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A Church Says the City’s Crackdown on Feeding the Homeless Violates Its Religious Rights – RELEVANT
Back in October, we wrote about the city of Brookings, Oregon, where the city council was determined to crack down on feeding the homeless. The city
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Brian Houston Will Step Away as Hillsong’s Global Senior Pastor For the Rest of the Year – RELEVANT
Hillsong's founder and global senior pastor Brian Houston has stepped away from his position to focus on the legal fight over charges that he was aware of
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Venue Church struggles as Pastor Tavner Smith takes time off amid affair allegations
Pastor Tavner Smith’s Venue Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is seeking volunteers as several worshipers and employees have left the once-popular megachurch amid allegations Smith was intimately involved with a church staffer while in the process of divorcing his wife, Danielle.
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Texas church’s ‘Dollar Club’ shows the power of small things united | Baptist Press
ARLINGTON, Texas (BP) – A dollar doesn’t buy what it used to. Even the venerable Dollar Tree stores, which held the price line for decades, now offer most items for $1.25.
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FIRST-PERSON: 4 Reasons why I am looking forward to Anaheim, and you should be too! | Baptist Press
HESPERIA, Calif. (BP) – The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention is a gathering I look forward to every year. As a California pastor since 1999, I have always made it a priority to attend the convention no matter the distance. Thankfully, I have been blessed to lead churches…
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EXPLAINER: Why Anaheim? | Baptist Press
Even though the SBC is the largest convention of churches in world, personal relationships are key when it comes to our cooperative work. First, our relationships with Jesus Christ and, second, our relationship with one another.
