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Pro-life ministry barred again from N.C. facility | Baptist Press
A North Carolina pregnancy resource center faced another setback when the Raleigh Board of Adjustment re-classified the organization as a medical facility, overturning the city attorney's designation of the pro-life ministry as a civic group, according to The News & Observer.
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Child trafficking: Ways to discuss topic with kids | Baptist Press
Addressing modern-day slavery with children can be difficult. The International Mission Board shares ways to discuss the topic.
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Ill. pro-lifers fight publicly-funded abortions bill | Baptist Press
Pro-life advocates in Illinois are urging lawmakers to oppose legislation that would allow the use of public money to fund abortions. Illinois House Bill 40, currently awaiting a vote by the state's House of Representatives, would strike from state law a provision that says Illinois' medical assistance program cannot pay for abortions. The bill also would allow state workers' health insurance plans to include coverage for abortions.
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Open letter: refugee ban ‘deeply’ concerning | Baptist Press
A full-page ad in the Feb. 8 Washington Post expressing concern over a portion of President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration included the signatures of at least seven Southern Baptists among a coalition of some 100 evangelicals. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling the following day temporarily blocking the travel ban from taking effect.
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FIRST-PERSON: Choosing your neighbor | Baptist Press
Terry Sharp examines the question, "Who is my neighbor?" in view of the world's refugee crisis. "Reality is that we don't always choose who our neighbors are," he writes, "but we do choose what kind of neighbors we will be."
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Trump immigration order sparks biblical analysis | Baptist Press
With President Trump's travel ban from seven predominately-Muslim countries on hold at least temporarily, some Christians are evaluating biblical teaching on immigration and refugees.
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Inauguration day: The Christian response | Baptist Press
"The fact is Mr. Trump won the election. In doing so, he earned the right to serve for the next four years as President of the United States," writes Steve Gaines, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. "Consequently, it is incumbent upon every Bible-believing Christian to pray that the Lord will bless and guide him and his family in the coming days and years."
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SANCTITY OF LIFE: Pro-life, anti-poverty | Baptist Press
If we're going to speak up for the unborn, we have to speak up for the poor," writes Katie McCoy assistant professor of theology in women's studies at the College at Southwestern, the undergraduate school of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. "If we're really going to be pro-life, we must also be anti-poverty."
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The sanctity of human life & tough choices | Baptist Press
Robert Jackson, a family practice physician in Spartanburg, S.C., shares about the difficult discussions that happen between mothers and daughters in doctors' offices every day. Too many of them end with the eventual death of an unborn child.
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Inmate’s gender transition said to show ministry need | Baptist Press
The first government-funded gender reassignment surgery for a prison inmate in the U.S. has been cited as evidence of the need to address gender identity struggles in prison ministry.
