WASHINGTON (BP)—The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission urged U.S. Senate leaders Friday (July 30) to reinstate long-standing, pro-life policies removed from spending bills by the House of Representatives.
BENUE, Nigeria (BP) – Neary 50 Christians have been killed in a series of militant attacks on villages in Benue, Plateau and Kaduna states in late April through early May, with dozens more wounded and displaced, according to news reports.
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The appeal of the dismissal of a civil suit against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) and its former president, Paige Patterson, is now involving the Texas Supreme Court.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – The Biden Administration has finalized new rules that could threaten the ability of Sunrise Children’s Services and other faith-based agencies to place Kentucky children in foster care.
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) in its 2024 report urged the U.S. State Department to add 15 nations to the current list of egregious religious freedom violators, and recommended key policy guidance for the Biden administration.
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – The much-anticipated Southern Baptist annual family gathering is inching closer, and Hispanic Baptists are excited and ready to celebrate all God is doing through Hispanic churches at home and abroad.
INDIANAPOLIS (BP) – Engaging pastors in church planting, global missions and giving to the Cooperative Program are top goals of the National African American Fellowship (NAAF) of the Southern Baptist Convention in 2024.
INDIANAPOLIS – A sense of excitement is palpable among Asian Southern Baptist churches, as seen in their plans for meetings at the Indianapolis Convention Center (ICC) and elsewhere this summer, as part of the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting.
PHOENIX, Ariz. (BP) – The Arizona Legislature repealed May 1 an 1864 abortion ban that would have protected life from conception, but the law could still take effect temporarily during a 90-day waiting period for the repeal to become law.
ROSWELL, Ga. (BP) — An employee of Dunwoody Baptist Church was arrested April 24 after detectives executed a search warrant at his home that turned up child sex abuse material.
NASHVILLE (BP) — “This is Satanic. This is evil.” Ric Worshill takes a break from working on his camper – “I’m going to need it when Disaster Relief calls,” he said. – and thinks about the spread of antisemitism in the U.S. and around the world.
