Florida Woman Convicted of Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Care Centers
A Florida woman has been convicted for her involvement in efforts to vandalize and threaten pro-life pregnancy care centers in 2022
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Influential Prophesizing Pastors Believe Reelecting Trump Is a Win in the War of Angels and Demons
The charismatic exuberance and focus on the supernatural contrast in tone with the relatively restrained approach of groups such as Southern Baptists, though they have allied in their opposition to abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.
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Trump Invokes Patron Saint of Far-Right Catholics
This issue of A Public Witness unpacks the devotion to Saint Michael the Archangel, why Donald Trump recently posted about him, and what it means for our politics today.
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In North Carolina, Sound of Chainsaws Brings Hope As Faith-Based Workers Clear Roads
While emergency officials continue to search for victims of Hurricane Helene, faith-based groups start the long, slow cleanup efforts.
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Florida Church ‘making a way’ for Hope after Helene | Baptist Press
MADISON, Fla. (BP) – In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the Madison community in north Florida has found itself in yet another season of recovery.
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South Carolina Baptist facilities damaged, ‘yellow-shirt army’ deployed | Baptist Press
GREENVILLE, S.C. – SCBaptist Disaster Relief volunteers are currently providing shower units, laundry units, feeding units, chainsaw units, incident management, chaplains and damage assessors at locations across South Carolina that were affected by Hurricane Helene.
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Georgia Judge Overturns Six-Week Abortion Ban
A superior court judge in Georgia overturned the state's six-week abortion ban Sept. 30 calling it unconstitutional .
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Justice Department Calls Conditions of Georgia Prisons Inhumane
The U.S. Department of Justice declared on Tuesday that the conditions within Georgia state prisons violate prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights protections against cruel and unusual punishment. The d...
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Va. School District Pays $575K Settlement to Teacher Fired for Not Using Trans Pronouns
A Virginia public school district has agreed to pay 575,000 to resolve a lawsuit brought by a Christian teacher who was fired for refusing to use the self-declared pronouns of a trans-identified
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Gov. Cooper, Sen. Tillis encourage NC Baptist volunteers during visits to western NC | Baptist Press
ARDEN, N.C. — In separate trips to western North Carolina in recent days, Gov. Roy Cooper and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis encouraged N.C. Baptist volunteers serving at Biltmore Church’s Arden campus, which is one of several churches in the region that has become a distribution center serving area residents impacted…
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Georgia Baptists allocate $1M for direct support of churches affected by Helene | Baptist Press
SUWANEE, Ga. — The Georgia Baptist Mission Board's Financial Services Committee announced a special allocation of $500,000 dollars on Tuesday, Oct. 1, specifically to support Mission Georgia's efforts to provide direct assistance to Georgia Baptist churches, impacted ministerial staff, and community support. In addition, the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation approved a…
