Judge Orders City to Stop Barring a Church from Its Building
A federal district court judge ordered the city of Santa Ana, California to stop prohibiting a church from worshiping on its property.
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Result of impromptu disaster relief trip ‘had 11 grown men crying’ | Baptist Press
EUBANKS, Ky. – Last Saturday (Feb. 22), a combined men’s study group from Pilot Baptist and Liberty Baptist decided they needed to go to eastern Kentucky and serve in an area hit by devastating flooding earlier this month.
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Martin E. Marty, Religion Historian and ‘Churchman in the Most Serious Way,’ Dies at 97
Marty was a giant in the study of American Christianity and the fundamentalist movement in major faiths around the globe. He was also a warmhearted friend, mentor and pastor to many.
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Employee Hospitalized after Protesters Rush Barnard Campus Building
Masked protesters assaulted a Barnard College employee on Wednesday while forcibly entering Milbank Hall, Barnard's strategic communications vice president, Robin Levine, told WORLD. Levine did not sp...
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Educators, Clergy Object to Lack of Training Requirements in School Chaplain Bill
Public schools could engage religious chaplains under a bill that Republican lawmakers advanced out of an Iowa House subcommittee on Tuesday.
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Education Department Seeks To Buy Bible Lessons for Oklahoma Elementary Kids
While its effort to buy Bibles for classrooms is tied up in court, the Oklahoma Department of Education initiated a new vendor search to purchase materials containing Bible-infused character lessons for elementary-aged students.
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Education Dept. Urged to Investigate California School District over Race-Focused Programs
A national parental rights in education advocacy group filed a federal civil rights complaint against a California school district, claiming it offers programs and training sessions based on the
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Judge blocks Trump order pausing refugee admissions | Baptist Press
SEATTLE (BP) – A federal judge in Seattle issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend refugee admissions, saying the president likely exceeded his authority.
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Pew study shows decline in U.S. Christian population may be leveling off | Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who identify as Christian has declined steadily for years, but that drop shows signs of slowing, according to a new survey Wednesday from the Pew Research Center.
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State Senator Spanks Proverbs
On Tuesday, a session of the Oklahoma Senate on the use of corporal punishment against children with disabilities turned into a lesson about how not to read the Bible.
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Kentucky DR meeting needs with laundry and shower units | Baptist Press
PIKEVILLE, Ky. – If the old expression “cleanliness is next to godliness” is true, then Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are offering lots of godliness to Kentuckians hard hit by recent flooding.
