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The United Methodist Church, a denomination that sponsors thousands of Boy Scout troops, recently told congregations to consider ending or altering their current agreements with the Boy Scouts of ...
Less than a year after approving new governing documents to give greater legal control to the Missouri Baptist Convention, the trustees at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, pulled the new articles of agreement. The move leaves the school’s older articles in place and ends a six-month legal conflict.
COOKIETOWN, Okla. (BP) – Arbuary Ritter has led Union Valley Baptist Church in Randlett in southwest Oklahoma for 60 years. Many believe him to be the longest-tenured pastor among Oklahoma Baptists and perhaps in the whole Southern Baptist Convention. He announced his retirement earlier this month.
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) – A new church-planting collaboration with the North American Mission Board, the election of two ministry staff leaders and the posthumous conferral of the Leaders Legacy Award upon Jimmy D. Pritchard highlighted the Tuesday (Aug. 24) meeting of the executive board of the Southern Baptists of Texas…
Southern Baptists in Mississippi and in Texas anticipate increased giving and increased ministry in 2022. At meetings this week, the executive boards of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) approved larger budgets, designated financial gifts for disaster relief and prayer and forged…
EASTMAN, Ga. (BP) – It sounded like a family reunion on the porch of 80-year-old Robert Smith’s house last week when a pair of Southern Baptist volunteers showed up with a grilled chicken lunch, complete with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli.
The prophet Elijah is a model for us in seeing beyond ourselves. When God told him to enlist Elisha to carry on his mission, Elijah didn’t hesitate, but looked beyond his own life in obeying God.
Sermons are hard, and we're not here to pretend otherwise. They're much harder than people give pastors credit for. Keeping your congregation not only
CARY, N.C. (BP) – The executive committee of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina’s board of directors unanimously approved a restructuring plan for the state convention Tuesday (Aug. 24), aimed at prioritizing the needs of local churches and associations across the state.
The Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber was installed this weekend as the first pastor of public witness for the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. Bolz-Weber, who has often attracted controversy, is perhaps best known for her New York Times bestselling books.
