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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Florist reaches settlement after eight-year legal battle | Baptist Press
OLYMPIA, Wash. (BP) – Barronelle Stutzman’s defense of her religious liberty is over. The florist and owner of Arlene’s Flowers reached a settlement with the men who sued her because she would not design floral arrangements for their wedding in 2013.
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BGAV Executive Director John Upton announces retirement | Baptist Press
HENRICO, Va. (BP) – At the conclusion of the Tuesday night (Nov. 16) worship gathering of the 198th Baptist General Association of Virginia (BGAV) Annual Meeting, John Vincent Upton Jr. announced his plans to retire as BGAV executive director effective July 31, 2022.
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‘Generational trauma’: Youth for Christ helping at-risk kids break the cycle of incarceration
A prominent national youth ministry organization is coming alongside troubled children in an effort to break the cycle of youth incarceration that has impacted many families nationwide from generation to generation.
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Church called to ‘love without discrimination’ after questions raised over bomber’s Christian …
"The Church will always report those who seek to abuse the system and cause harm to the relevant authority, and would never offer its most precious and sacred gift of baptism to those it believes do not truly desire it or understand the responsibilities of receiving it."
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Why the Minichurch is the Latest Trend in American Religion
Religious Americans are being sorted into two kinds of churches — megachurches, and minichurches. Half of the congregations in the United States have 65 people or fewer, while two-thirds of congregations have fewer than 100.
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Record levels of pastors, more than half of mainline preachers ‘seriously considering’ quitting: study
As more pastors report struggling with their overall well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic, record numbers of them including more than half of preachers in mainline Protestant churches are now “seriously considering” leaving full-time ministry a new study from Barna Group shows.
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Churches are ‘easy targets for criminals’
More than 4,000 crimes were committed at churches and religious premises across the UK over the past year.
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‘Saving the parish’ and church planting must go hand in hand – Archbishop
"To save the parish does not mean to stop church planting. To church plant does not mean abandoning the parish," the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
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Gospel ‘has brought hope’ during the pandemic, says Queen
The Queen missed the inaugural meeting of the newly-elected Synod for the first time in her 69-year reign due to medical advice that she should rest.
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FIRST-PERSON: 2022 SBC Pastors’ Conference update | Baptist Press
FAIRVIEW, Texas (BP) – Here are four things to watch leading up to the 2022 SBC Pastors’ Conference.
