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A debate over the best legal approach to abortion and how it informs resolutions within the Southern Baptist Convention has resurfaced as messengers are set to gather for the denomination’s annual meeting next week.
NASHVILLE (BP) – Vacation Bible School season is upon us. And with the clock steadily ticking, it’s likely that all that early excitement you felt as you began to plan for VBS has now devolved into a mild panic. Don’t worry … that’s normal! Take a deep breath and then…
The Mennonite Church USA has voted to retire denomination-wide Membership Guidelines that prohibited pastors from performing same-sex weddings but will allow local church bodies to maintain the ban.
In this issue of A Public Witness, we sign up for a quick history of VBS before heading to Zoomerang to experience a unique VBS for today’s culture wars. Finally, we pack up for the day by reflecting on what this means for churches.
Oklahoma megachurch Pastor Michael Todd said the phrase “once a cheater, always a cheater” doesn’t apply to repentant Christians because in Christ, I’m not a cheater.”
A group of church members at First Baptist Church in Bossier, Louisiana, has sued the church, claiming the pastor diverted money from missions to a conservative Baptist group. The pastor says Satan is trying to destroy the church.
A church in upstate New York marked LGBT pride month by hosting a pair of drag queens at a worship service.
Christian Post Executive Editor Richard Land, a former head of SBC's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, offers his thoughts on the recent SBC sexual abuse report and discusses where America's largest Protestant denomination goes from here.
The first trans-identified bishop in the history of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has resigned amid allegations of racism and other issues.
As Southern Baptists prepare to travel to Anaheim for the 2022 SBC Annual Meeting, the three known presidential candidates have submitted First-Person style essays to Baptist Press. Robin Hadaway, Bart Barber and Tom Ascol have been previously interviewed by BP. In addition, BP covered a candidate forum in Keller, Texas,…
