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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP)—Willy Rice, pastor of Calvary Church in Clearwater, Fla., will be nominated by Clint Pressley, pastor of Hickory Grove Baptist, for the president of the Southern Baptist Convention this summer at the SBC Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif.
A megachurch in Alabama has voted to disaffiliate from The United Methodist Church several months before the denomination will hold a legislative meeting that might lead to a schism over theological differences.
SARALAND, Ala. (BP)—Citing a growing desire to develop a strategy to “bridge our divides and bring about a Gospel-driven unity and reconciliation” and the need to lead as a “pastor rather than from the office of president,” SBC president Ed Litton announced Tuesday (Mar. 1) that he would not seek…
No two churches are identical, and no two churches approach their search for a new pastor the same way either. While most churches follow the same general five phases of the pastor search process, they differ in how they complete those phases.
Notable African American civil rights activist Frederick Douglass did not see people as “black or white,” but rather “made in the image of God,” according to a professional historical impersonator.
SAN ANTONIO—A group of Southern Baptists of Texas Convention pastors and leaders attended the second-annual Arabic Baptist Pastor’s Conference held Feb. 15-18.
Across the U.S., houses of worship own thousands of acres of land to do as they please. Now, thanks to new grants, congregations in Atlanta, New York,
Hillsong Church's interim global senior pastor Phil Dooley is claiming that the upcoming Discovery Plus docu-series Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed paints
Willow Creek Community Church Senior Pastor David Dummitt has offered his congregants a money-back guarantee if they tithe 10% of their income for a year and nothing happens. He made the offer Sunday after guest preacher Pastor Robert Morris revealed he has been offering the same guarantee to his nearly 40,000-member Gateway Church in Texas, for 22 years without a claim.
The board of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries reacted to a report detailing how leaders turned a blind eye to Zacharias’ misdeeds for years and spent nearly $1 million to defend the late apologist against allegations of sexual misconduct, saying that while it does “not agree with everything in it,” it hopes to nevertheless “repent and learn from our mistakes.”
