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.
Church & Ministries
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Get the booster jab, says Church of England as Omicron spreads
With increased concern over the spread of the new Omicron variant, the Church of England is advising people to take the booster jab as soon as they can.
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Pastor, marriage counselor resigns after preaching ‘the best person to rape is your wife’
Burnett L. Robinson, a New York pastor and marriage counselor who has spent more than 35 years in ministry, apologized and resigned from his post at the Grand Concourse Seventh-day Adventist Church last Wednesday after he declared in a sermon that “the best person to rape is your wife.”
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Anglican leaders call for ‘bold’ action to counter ‘vaccine hesitancy’
They also called for measures to improve vaccine equity around the world.
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Church of England cannot survive by ‘spreading clergy more thinly’ – Justin Welby
The Archbishop made the comments in a speech this week to the National Farmers' Union in which he also praised "hard-working" vicars.
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Kathie Lee Gifford laments rise of ‘cancel culture,’ money-driven church: ‘God is deeply grieved by it’
Kathie Lee Gifford has issued a blistering condemnation of both “cancel culture” and today's money-driven church, urging the Body of Christ to remember that the way of Jesus is one of kindness, humility and empathy.
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People are open but the Church is held back by ‘really bad PR’, says Guvna B
MOBO Award winning rapper and broadcaster Guvna B is on a mission to present people with a more accurate picture of the Church than "people in robes singing 'Kumbaya, My Lord'".
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Send Network churches make up one quarter of Outreach Magazine’s reproducing churches list | Baptist Press
LAS VEGAS (BP) – When Heiden Ratner started WALK Church in Las Vegas, he had an ideal model for reproduction in his sending church. Las Vegas’ Hope Church has started more than 60 churches since its 2001 founding.
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FIRST-PERSON: Should we be thankful for suffering? | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) – “My grandfather probably won’t make it through the night,” said the text from a friend last week. The folks in our small group had been praying for his family for weeks. I was instantly reminded of the conversation we had this summer when our group worked through…
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From Lebanese orphanage to lifetime of ministry, he’s thankful for God’s guiding hand | Baptist Press
TOPEKA, Kansas (BP) – When Georges Boujakly arrived in Canada on New Year’s Eve 1969, his homeland of Lebanon was at war, the 19-year-old knew little English, and he had $30 to his name.
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What Americans Hear About Social Justice at Church – & What They Do About It
When taking into account religious affiliation, party affiliation, and social demographics, people who hear social justice-themed sermons in their places of worship are more likely than other Americans to engage in political activism, regardless of their race.
