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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Church’s reputation is ‘under threat’ from negative media coverage
A "plethora" of negative news stories is threatening to undermine the good being done by churches across the country.
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Who’s Your One campaign leads to growth in Texas church | Baptist Press
HENDERSON, Texas (BP) – In Texas’ Rusk County, at least two churches closed because of the pandemic. So, pastor David Higgs of First Baptist Church in Henderson, Texas, knew his church couldn’t sit in neutral and expect to endure the challenges.
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Bible Study: Power to resist temptation | Baptist Press
Running from temptation is key to our survival when facing spiritual warfare. More important than running away from sin is the daily decision to walk closely with Jesus.
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David Jeremiah: We live in a post-truth world with biblical truth slowly disappearing
Pastor David Jeremiah of the multisite Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California, warned that Christians are living in a “post-truth world” where biblical truth is “slowly” vanishing.
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Behind the Pulpit: Lindsey Braun
Senior Editor Beau Underwood interviews Lindsey Braun, pastor of education and faith formation at Plymouth Church in Des Moines, Iowa, for the latest installment of our “Behind the Pulpit” series intended to pull back the curtain on the minister’s life.
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New project to remember ‘living legacy’ of Scottish missionary who died in Auschwitz
Plans are underway to remember a Church of Scotland missionary who gave her life to protect Jewish school girls during the Holocaust.
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Sacrifices ‘have saved lives’, says Bishop of London
The Bishop of London has paid tribute to parishes, frontline workers and others who have made "huge sacrifices" during the pandemic as England prepares to lift Plan B restrictions.
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FIRST-PERSON: Cooperative Program foundation provides Gospel opportunity | Baptist Press
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- As believers, most of us know that our faith is not something to be kept to ourselves. Jesus commanded us to “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.”
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Michael Youssef says blaming tragedies on sin is ‘pagan thinking,’ says it’s natural to question God
Megachurch pastor and author Michael Youssef advised his congregation Sunday not to give in to “false guilt” when asking God “why” a tragedy occurs, insisting that “questioning God is OK.” But, he warned listeners not to believe that all tragedies are caused by sin, a mindset that he says is found in churches today.
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PCUSA head doubles down on comparing Israel’s policy on Palestine to ‘slavery’
The head of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has doubled down on earlier comments suggesting the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories was comparable to American slavery.
