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The annual gathering of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) concluded last week, having dealt with much on their plate: the election of a president, reporting (and lack thereof) of sexual abuse, and the financial mismanagement of seminaries. But without a doubt, the most attention was given to the disfellowshipping of a handful of churches that […]
World Refugee Day this year is marked by an increase in the number of people forcibly displaced from their homes. In comparison, in 2011, the number was 38.54 million. The most recent reason for the increase in numbers is largely due to the ongoing conflict in Sudan and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Meanwhile, religious persecution, […]
An appellate judge has reopened a lawsuit against McLean Bible Church in Tysons Corner, Virginia, a church led by pastor and author David Platt. McLean Bible Church has issued a statement, saying they will work with the courts but believe the lawsuits and claims are “completely without merit.” The original lawsuit was filed in June […]
Reuters/Mike Blake A Texas pastor’s open letter to his congregation on how parents can offer a Biblical response to pride month for their kids has been censored by the Google-owned blogging platform Blogger. Pastor Dan Phillips of Copperfield Bible Church in Houston shared a letter on Pyromaniacs, a blog from Grace to You Executive Director […]
According to the Smithsonian Institution, “Juneteenth marks our country’s second independence day.” On this day in 1865, some two thousand Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, where they announced that the more than two hundred and fifty thousand enslaved black people in the state were free by executive decree. The day became known […]
A social media post by popular actor Chris Pratt about the blessings of God over the weekend garnered more than half a million likes and thousands of comments, including remarks by fans thanking him for speaking up about issues of faith. The Bible-infused Instagram post by the Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy actor […]
When we honor our fathers this weekend, one-fourth of the children in the US will have little reason to celebrate. They don’t live with their fathers. “We have a generation of men who are not in the home,” pastor and author Tony Evans said. “They are like the abominable snowman—their footprints are all around, […]
Our ministry often receives email correspondence from desperate wives and mothers. They often read something like this, “I’m at a loss. My ‘Christian’ husband is verbally and physically abusive. Ironically, he thinks that I’m the problem; he sees no need to change.” “He’ll quote Scriptures about submission while yelling and cursing. His anger is also […]
When Southern Baptists met in New Orleans this week for their annual convention, a number of important issues were on the docket, including updating the Convention’s progress on the sexual abuse scandals that were the focus of last year’s meeting and discussing budget problems after coming in nearly $7 million in the red last […]
iStock/Rawpixel New research conducted by the American Bible Society reveals that Christians heavily engaged with the Bible and their faith “flourish in every domain of human experience.” The American Bible Society released Chapter 3 of its State of the Bible 2023 report Thursday, titled “Flourishing and Hope.” Data in the State of the Bible report […]