4 Years Running, Southern Baptists Weigh Tightening Ban on Churches With Women Pastors
Even as the convention's membership shrinks, the annual meeting in Orlando serves as a bellwether for religious and political trends among evangelicals.
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An insider perpsective on being a celibate gay Christian
"One of the most surprising aspects of evangelical discourse on LGBTQ issues has been the insistence by some believers that same-sex attraction is a sin even if one doesn’t act on it", says commentator Bruce Baron. Gregory Coles has a different opinion and shares that with Bruce in this opinion piece.
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FIRST-PERSON: Is it really possible to live forever? | Baptist Press
Scripture unapologetically and indiscriminately insists human mortality is a reality for all due to our inherited sin nature (Romans 5:12). Avoiding our end is impossible despite the marvels of modern medicine or the advancements of contemporary technology.
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SBC DIGEST: Northeastern Baptist College seeks president; Florida leader Glen Owens dies | Baptist Press
Ballard becomes chancellor as New England Baptists-affiliated college seeks new president; Glen Owens, longtime Florida Baptist leader, dies.
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STATE MEETINGS: Tennessee, Maryland-Delaware | Baptist Press
TBC Summit 2025: Advancing Together By David Dawson/Baptist and Reflector JACKSON, Tenn. – Summit 2025 focused on celebration, collaboration and cooperation. The annual gathering of Tennessee Baptists was a display of unity, as messengers gathered at West Jackson Baptist Church and unanimously elected Dan Spencer as president, approved a $35…
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‘Speak truth to power’: Church Bodies Demand Accountability after Tanzania Poll Violence
Church groups have condemned what they describe as grave human rights abuses and deadly state violence in Tanzania, urging authorities to halt the crackdown and protect basic freedoms following a disputed national election.
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‘A great cloud of witnesses’: Baylor dedicates memorial honoring enslaved people who built the university
The legacy of the enslaved men, women and children who built and sustained the early years of Baylor University was formally honored last week with the unveiling of a new “Memorial to Enslaved Persons” on the Texas campus. The tribute marks the first permanent campus structure dedicated to acknowledging the role of enslaved labor in the university’s founding in 1845.
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Bishops Affirm Catholic Hospitals’ Transgender Policy
Firefighters and emergency workers wave at patients and medical workers on a sky bridge at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., April 17, 2020. Associated Press / Photo by Char...
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Reminding churches to invest in their missional purpose
What are the chances that churches could devote 50% of their budgets for missions? Some prove that it is possible to grow from giving beyond themselves to see the gospel embedded in places where it currently has little influence.
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Bans on Baptist Churches Surge in Russia
Russian courts intensified civil bans on Baptist churches for meeting without state permission in the past year, according to rights group Forum 18.
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Pastor in Nigeria facing death threats for pleas for protection
A pastor in Nigeria is facing death threats for speaking out on Islamic extremist attacks on Christians and calling for protection against “genocide.”
