Rededicating to the Wrong Example
This issue of A Public Witness unpacks why the upcoming ‘Rededicate 250’ gathering was planned for May 17 and the Christian Nationalist fight to remake the past and present.
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SBC DIGEST: CARES Act explained; Churches use LifeWay digital curriculum; Florida holds multilingual prayer calls | Baptist Press
CARES Act explained for churches pastors, employees; Sunday school classes study together online; Florida convention holds multilingual prayer calls.
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4 ways to support vulnerable populations during pandemic | Baptist Press
The coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a particularly destructive impact on vulnerable populations. GuideStone offers four ways to help protect them.
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‘They’re So Exhausted’: Potter’s House Provides Counseling, Meals to First Responders, Healthcare Workers
As the nation's healthcare workers and first responders continue to combat COVID-19, the Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, has made it their mission to ensure that those working around the clock are seen, heard and appreciated.
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Missionary family spreads hope | Baptist Press
The McNeills, IMB missionaries in Botogá, Colombia, live on the 11th floor of a 13-story residential building. Sensing fear among many of their neighbors, they have been creative about sharing the hope of Christ.
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FIRST-PERSON: Healthy habits for pastors during COVID-19 culture | Baptist Press
The coronavirus did not catch God by surprise, Willie McLaurin says. He lays out specific ways pastors can use this unusual time to "shape our lives for His glory."
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USCCB liturgy chair: No cell phones for confession, no delegation of sacramental anointing
The chair of the U.S. bishops’ committee on liturgy wrote to U.S. bishops Friday, to clarify issues related to the sacraments of penance and anointing of the sick which have arisen during the Church’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Updated: Springfield, Mass. diocese rescinds policy permitting nurses to anoint
A Massachusetts diocese authorized a change to norms for the sacrament of the anointing of the sick, permitting a nurse, rather than a priest, to conduct the physical anointing, which is an essential part of the sacrament.
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FROM THE SEMINARIES: MBTS cancels graduation ceremony, in-person summer classes; Scarborough students preach during spring break | Baptist Press
Midwestern Seminary cancels graduation ceremony, offers summer classes online; Scarborough College students spend spring break preaching, see 12 salvation decisions.
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Concerts bring New Orleans neighbors together | Baptist Press
For years, New Orleans music teacher Stephanie Screen has used her violin to comfort those grief. But when COVID-19 forced a city-wide quarantine in New Orleans, Screen wondered what she could do to help.
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Abortion, not winning, is top Democratic priority, Lipinski says
The Democratic Party’s extreme support of abortion will damage its chances at the ballot box this fall, one outgoing pro-life Democratic congressman says.
