On the Sunday After Renee Good’s Killing, Minnesotans Grieve Through Worship and Song
Worshippers took a moment to pause, mourn, and sing, even as they continued to organize resistance efforts against ICE's escalated presence in Minneapolis.
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In Search to Heal America’s Divisions, Fr. Richard Rohr Suggests Turning to God, Ditching Identity Politics
A lot of what passes as religion in America today only helps perpetuate false narratives people create for themselves about who they think they are, says noted theologian Fr Richard Rohr
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FIRST-PERSON: How ‘what’ and ‘why’ unify | Baptist Press
The 2025 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting is behind us, and with it the meetings, reports, motions and actions that pleased some and disappointed others. I know that many church members and even pastors rarely or never attend an SBC annual meeting in person. That was true for me until…
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Southwestern Seminary Placed on 12-Month Probation, Keeps Accreditation
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has been placed on a 12-month probation but will continue to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
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Christine Caine: ‘The Global Church Is Growing Like I’ve Never Seen Before’ – RELEVANT
It’s easy to believe the church is shrinking. Headlines warn of empty pews, a faithless generation and cultural decline. But Christine Caine is convinced
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Cooperative Baptists Remember Historical Injustices, Confront Contemporary Ones
This issue of A Public Witness takes you inside the recent CBF annual gathering to consider how Christians can speak truthfully about the past and speak truth to power today.
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Texas church on a mission to ‘Serve the City’ | Baptist Press
COPPELL, Texas – About a year ago under the direction of lead pastor Chris Meads, the staff and elders of GracePoint Church took an inventory of the state of the church and its standing in the community.
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BGEA’s Chris Swanson Urges the Church to Wake Up: ‘Our battle is spiritual’
With a mix of humor, biblical firmness and spiritual urgency, Chris Swanson, director of crusades and development for Latin America at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, lit up the auditorium
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The end of persecution is a realistic hope but in the meantime we lament
In a perfect world, where legal systems hold political power to account and protect minorities against human rights abuses we might expect an end to persecution. But we do not live in a perfect world. People with power continue to act with impunity against those who think and live differently to them. Christians have a way to cope with this reality and a real and living hope for a future free of persecution.
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‘The arts God gave them’: Héber Negrão’s vision as GEN president to see the global Church worship in its own voice
The Global Ethnodoxology Network (GEN) has appointed Brazilian musician and ethnomusicologist Héber Negrão as its new president, marking a significant leadership transition that reflects the rising influence of Global South perspectives in missions and theology. In an extended interview with Christian Daily International, Negrão shared how his calling to missions emerged through music, what ethnodoxology means in practice, and why culturally-rooted artistic expression is essential to a vibrant g
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Colorado Summer Camp Allowed to Operate According to Christian Beliefs
Camp IdRaHaJe on Wednesday reached an agreement with the state of Colorado in a lawsuit over a new state transgender policy. The Colorado Department of Early Childhood, or CDEC, in 2024 amended its re...
