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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A gift of Christmas joy for the children of the incarcerated
Crux,The Angel Tree program of Prison Fellowship is a nonprofit which partners with churches and volunteers to host toy drives and deliver gifts to children on behalf of their incarcerated parents.
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Wary of Omicron, Churches Shift Christmas Services Online
The Washington National Cathedral — whose policies often set the tone for churches in the area — said they were moving all services online during the holiday season. Washington, D.C. currently has the highest COVID-19 case rates in the country.
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Staffers quit Venue Church after confronting pastor with allegations of affair, misconduct
At least eight employees of Venue Church, a fast-growing congregation based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have reportedly quit their jobs over alleged misconduct by the lead pastor, Tavner Smith.
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Samaritan’s Purse to serve Christmas Eve lunch to thousands of tornado survivors
Franklin Graham and the Evangelical disaster relief organization Samaritan’s Purse will serve free lunch Friday to as many as 4,000 people impacted by a deadly tornado that struck Mayfield, Kentucky, earlier this month.
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Bible Study: Sing praise to to God in family worship | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) -- This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with Lifeway Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, Lifeway publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups.
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Doubts, deconstruction offer Southern Baptists opportunities to respond by listening, loving | Baptist Press
HOUSTON (BP) – It’s not easy for a young preacher to stand before his congregation week after week while questioning fundamental truths of the Christian faith. Twenty years ago, that’s the position Steve Bezner found himself in.
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Lutheran LGBT ministry suspends ELCA’s first trans-identified bishop over alleged ‘racist’ actions
A group that supports LGBT Lutheran clergy has suspended the membership of the first trans-identified bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, accusing the church leader of “racist” actions and words.
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Over 2,500 families receive toys, groceries at California’s Rock Church Toys for Joy donation event
Loud cheering amid encouraging words of prayer and a Gospel message could be heard as over 2,500 families and children received donated toys and boxes filled with groceries this holiday season during a California church's drive-thru distribution event, Toys for Joy.
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Being vaccinated is a ‘moral issue’ – Welby
Taking the Covid vaccine is how we can love our neighbour, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
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Nearly half a million in grants brings Christmas cheer to dozens of churches
Grants totalling £473,000 for urgent building works have arrived just in time for Christmas for 47 churches across the UK.
