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A motion to clarify Southern Baptists’ stance against women filling the role of pastor was passed by SBC messengers in New Orleans. The motion, first brought last year by Virginia pastor Mike Law, received the required two-thirds vote by... Continue Reading »
The COVID-19 pandemic created short-term challenges for Southern Baptist mission efforts. But it included the opportunity to re-assess missiological practices while encountering a world re-awakened to its mortality and eternal matters. No SBC entity faced trickier maneuvering in the... Continue Reading »
Opening Day defines what baseball fans love about the sport. The sights, sounds and smells funnel together in the game day experience. There is a near-giddy optimism for the months ahead. Hopes hang on the concept of potential, whether... Continue Reading »
Saddleback Church founder and former pastor Rick Warren has provided five reasons the megachurch will appeal the decision of the SBC Executive Committee to find the church “not in friendly cooperation” with the Southern Baptist Convention. The EC made... Continue Reading »
Trustees for Liberty University announced in a press release March 31 the appointment of retired Maj. Gen. Dondi E. Costin, Ph.D., as its next president and Jonathan Falwell as chancellor. Both will assume their duties ahead of the 2023-24... Continue Reading »
It was the most controversial point of the most controversial time in post-Civil War America. And as the country marks 50 years since the Vietnam War’s conclusion, churches can be a part of honoring those who served. The conflict... Continue Reading »
The prospect of a student at a Division II school being an active participant at March Madness is a long shot – about as long as from Tigerville, S.C., to Limerick, Ireland. When Furman University planned two years ago... Continue Reading »
Each year, Lindsey Allen grabs a pen and highlighter to comb through the “Ministers’ Tax Guide” provided through GuideStone Financial Resources. It’s been her practice for decades. It helps her “feel ready to tackle the time-consuming job of doing... Continue Reading »
Jimmy sat at the dinner table and listened to his son, an athletic type who wasn’t prone to tears. The problem wasn’t necessarily school, his son said. It wasn’t about having friends, because he had plenty. It was something... Continue Reading »
Shane Pruitt’s background in observing students is tough to top. Last year alone, he spoke at 117 events to more than 260,000 in attendance, recording more than 30,000 salvations and 1,500 called into the ministry. He also helped coach... Continue Reading »
An elevated call for prayer in recent days shows not only that more people believe in its power, but that studies indicating a lack of belief in God may be premature. Those sentiments have been reflected by Southern Baptists... Continue Reading »
Quintell Hill’s election as the first African-American president in the history of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina is notable on its own merit. But just as Hill’s ascension to that role is indicative of the growing diversification... Continue Reading »
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