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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Georgia initiative aims to help students heed ministry call | Baptist Press
SNELLVILLE, Ga. (BP) – Teenagers exploring a call to ministry can get the guidance they need to make sense of what can be a confusing time in their lives under a new initiative from the Georgia Baptist Mission Board.
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Why Owen Strachan thinks critical race theory is a threat to the Church
In his new book, Grace Bible Theological Seminary Provost and Research Professor Owen Strachan seeks to save the American church from the “slithery hiss“ of critical race theory he believes is a threat to Christians.
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FIRST-PERSON: Champion your pastor in October | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (BP) -- The month of October is Pastor Appreciation Month. This is the time to champion your pastor.
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Called Conference reaches 400-plus Oklahoma students | Baptist Press
SHAWNEE, Okla. (BP) – Moses, Gideon, Isaiah, Paul. The Bible is full of examples of people who were directly called to ministry leadership by God. Oklahoma Baptists’ annual Called Conference aims to help young people who feel that same call.
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Evangelical media leader blasts ‘cancel culture’ in new book: ‘Enough is enough’
A prominent evangelical Christian media leader has authored a new book that seeks to spread awareness of the dangers of cancel culture to Christians.
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Bible Study: Unity forged through humility | Baptist Press
Christian unity doesn’t simply happen, but is a by-product of humility. No one provided a greater example of humility than Jesus.
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Sadie Robertson Huff urges Christians to differentiate God’s truth from their own opinions
“Duck Dynasty” star and outspoken Christian Sadie Robertson Huff urged young people to discern between God's truth and Satan's lies at a recent women’s conference in Louisiana, challenging those in her generation who call their personal opinions my truth.
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Smith to step down as BCM/D executive director | Baptist Press
MIDDLETOWN, Md. – Kevin Smith, executive director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware (BCM/D), announced his resignation and return to pastoral ministry at a meeting of the convention’s General Mission Board (GMB) at Skycroft Conference Center Tuesday (Sept. 14).
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ELCA becomes first mainline denomination in US to install trans-identified bishop
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has installed Rev Meghan Rohrer as the first openly transgender bishop to serve in the liberal mainline Protestant denomination s history
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A (re)call from God?
In this issue of A Public Witness, we look at today’s special California election and the troubling campaign tactic of churches turning over their pulpits on Sundays for campaign speeches. We also offer a reminder that the IRS rule banning such partisan sermons has not been recalled.
