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Senate protects chaplains on marriage issue

The U.S. Senate has voted to protect military chaplains from being required to conduct same-sex "weddings.... Continue Reading »

Next ‘Family Movie Night’ film airs Friday

The ninth installment in Walmart and Procter & Gamble"s Family Movie Night initiative airs Friday on NBC when "Game of Your Life" -- a "techy" drama -- is broadcast at 8 Eastern.... Continue Reading »

Minn.-Wis. Baptists adopt GCR report

Messengers to the annual meeting of the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention showed commitment to the priorities established by the Southern Baptist Convention"s Great Commission Resurgence Task Force.... Continue Reading »

Va. Baptists (SBCV) mark 15th anniversary

Messengers to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia marked the convention"s 15th anniversary at Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond with the theme "Transforming Churches.... Continue Reading »

Appropriate action

A letter appeared in the Dec. 1 issue of The Baptist Courier entitled ?Churches have right to decide,? in which the writer lamented the decision made by Missouri Baptists to exclude CBF-supporting churches from their state convention.... Continue Reading »

Letter to grandfather prompts professor’s venture to Africa

Nearly 18 years after his death, the reach of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary"s first full-time evangelism professor C.E. Autrey continues.... Continue Reading »

Bivocational pastors needed for church planting

If the North American Mission Board"s Send North America evangelistic church planting initiative is to succeed, it must include thousands of bivocational pastors who are willing to plant churches.... Continue Reading »

Christian groups finding hostility at colleges

Faced with increasing opposition from school administrations, some Christian groups, including InterVarsity, are preparing for what they fear is an inevitable break with the official university system.... Continue Reading »

Utah crosses tweaked in hope of satisfying court

>With the goal of keeping roadside crosses in place in the face of a federal court order, the Utah Highway Patrol Association has removed the state"s highway patrol logo from more than a dozen crosses statewide -- and reiterated... Continue Reading »

Supreme Court takes up IVF/benefits case

The U.S. Supreme Court will rule if children conceived by in vitro fertilization following the death of their father can receive Social Security benefits.... Continue Reading »

Okla. Baptists increase CP giving

A total of 764 messengers to the 105th annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma focused on the theme "Together" at First Baptist Church in Moore Nov. 14-15.... Continue Reading »

S.C. Baptists to send more to int’l missions

With the approval of a state Great Commission Resurgence Task Force report, messengers to the 191st annual meeting of the South Carolina Baptist Convention charted a course to provide more financial support for international missions as well as for... Continue Reading »