The Gem State is Largely Unreached; Reach Idaho Wants to Change That | Baptist Press
Reach Idaho's first big goal is a Southern Baptist church in every county in the state.
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Police in India arrest Pastor after Hindu extremist attack
When a Hindu extremist mob assaulted Christian men, women and children during a church service in India in late September, police jailed the pastor and charged him and four other Christians, sources said.
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Three Pillars to Support Spiritual Growth in Multi-Cultural Contexts
For the most part, churches have not developed a robust theology of intercultural engagement. Instead, churches in multi-cultural contexts resist the influence of cultural newcomers by sanctifying their pre-existing dominance. In doing so, great opportunities for spiritual growth are missed.
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Episcopal Church Omits Membership Total in Annual Report; Baptisms Fell Considerably in the Past Decade
The Episcopal Church continued to see declines in baptisms and the number of parishes in 2024, but did not release an overall membership tally when unveiling its annual figures this month.
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Texas Pastor Packages Hunting Adventures with the Gospel | Baptist Press
MIDLAND, Texas – Growing up on a farm in the Texas Panhandle, Jason Hatch, lead pastor of Redeemer Church in Midland, developed a lifelong passion for hunting. After winning a raffle for an all-expenses-paid trip to hunt a bull moose, Hatch had a new goal – to hunt and harvest…
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Hundreds respond to Gospel during Mississippi GO TELL crusade | Baptist Press
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. – More than 700 people made commitments to the Lord Jesus Christ during the GO TELL AMERICA Crusade in Brookhaven, Miss., Oct. 19-22, from among the 10,000 who attended the four-night event, according to event organizers.
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Texas Episcopal Diocese Says One of Its Priests Has Been Detained by ICE
At least one other religious leader, Muslim hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman, had been detained earlier by ICE as part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing mass deportation effort.
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Bid for probe of anti-Christian violence in Jaranwala, Pakistan rejected
Hopes for justice for victims of 2023 attacks on Christians in Jaranwala town, Pakistan ostensibly ended when a high court on Oct. 22 rejected all petitions filed by individuals and Christian groups seeking a judicial investigation, sources said.
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To be human means to deal with both our divine and demonic tendencies
It is a remarkable thing to be human, to be made from God’s breath and in God’s image. In each human being you see the fingerprints of both the divine and the demonic. Put together our worst and our best tendencies, and everything in the middle, and we appear as confusing creatures.
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Christians in India cleared of false forcible conversion charges
India’s Supreme Court on Oct. 17 quashed all criminal proceedings against Christians falsely accused of mass religious conversions, delivering a scathing rebuke to authorities for using the criminal justice system as a “tool of harassment of innocent persons.”
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Seoul Declaration at WEA General Assembly Reasserts Biblical Authority, Addressing Pluralism and Same-Sex Marriage
The Seoul Declaration, unveiled during the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) General Assembly in South Korea this week, reaffirmed the inerrancy of Scripture, clarifying evangelical positions on pluralism and sexuality, and calling for unity and renewal amid global division and cultural change.
