Pandemic prompts churches to consider permanent changes
“I see it being the future of our churches…”
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Send Relief delivers supplies as Southern Baptists ready Hurricane Laura response
In the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, Send Relief has been dropping supplies at churches where Southern Baptist Disaster Relief will host operations for feeding and recovery activity for story survivors. On Friday (Aug. 28), Send Relief delivered supplies in Texas and Lake Charles, La., areas along the Gulf Coast that took the brunt of the […]
Charges dropped against former Village Church children’s minister Matt Tonne
Criminal charges have been dropped against a former associate children’s minister at The Village Church, a Dallas-area evangelical megachurch.
Liberty announces investigation into Falwell’s tenure
Calls for such an investigation had been mounting since Falwell’s departure last week…
Katrina’s 15th anniversary drenched by COVID-19, Hurricane Laura
The building of First Baptist Church Gulfport, Miss., was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. The church now sits 10 miles further inland. BP file photo By Diana Chandler GULFPORT, Miss. (BP) — The 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina will found Gulfport Pastor Jimmy Stewart praying where First Baptist Church stood before Katrina destroyed it. But Stewart’s […]
How Republicans’ stances compare with SBC resolutions
In lieu of a party platform, the RNC declared in a resolution its support for President Trump’s agenda…
‘Everyone serves the churches’ in new structure approved by SBTC executive board
“Thorns and thistles means more to me than it does y’all.”
Religious liberty ruling for wedding photographer commended
Chelsey Nelson runs a wedding photography and blogging business in Louisville. She is involved in a suit against Jefferson County Metro Government. ADF By Tom Strode LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) — A court decision in support of a Kentucky photographer who declines to shoot same-sex weddings is a victory for religious freedom, advocates for the First […]
Why Jerry Falwell Jr.’s social media posts were problematic
“There’s nothing private in a digital world.”
National WMU announces voluntary retirement plan amid COVID financial crisis
Photo courtesy of Google Maps By Julie Walters BIRMINGHAM — In response to a decline in sales due to COVID-19, national WMU announced Aug. 5 it is offering a voluntary retirement plan to staff. “We have worked incredibly hard over the past several years to ‘right size’ our organization based on revenue projections,” said Sandy […]
Pro-lifers: More needed to disavow Sanger’s eugenics legacy
“For decades, Planned Parenthood has downplayed their racist history.”
Billy Graham statue to replace that of white supremacist in US Capitol
“Billy Graham is an undeniable worldwide icon.”