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AI is being used to abuse children, and we can do something about it

Last May, congress passed the Take It Down Act, requiring websites to remove “nonconsensual intimate visual depictions” of identifiable individuals. This includes both real and AI-generated content. But this law only addresses content publication, not the various ways in which...

EDITORIAL: Movin’ on

As I write this, the Southern Baptist Convention is winding up its annual meeting in Houston and one of the voices raised was that of Fred Luter, convention president. Divisions among Southern Baptists must end, Luter said. As reported by…

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ANALYSIS: Some suggest unity at SBC meeting resulted from taking on cultural issues, not themselves

HOUSTON (ABP) — Southern Baptists experienced little antagonism during their annual convention in Houston last week — a phenomenon that surprised some and delighted most SBC officials and messengers. There were plenty of opportunities for controversy. Debates ensued — but…

SBC condemns Boy Scouts’ decision on gays but stops short of boycott

HOUSTON (ABP) — The Southern Baptist Convention stopped short of urging churches to sever ties with the Boy Scouts of America in a June 11 resolution condemning the organization’s recent decision to drop its ban on Scouts who are openly…

Leaders hope report on Calvinism will ease tensions between proponents and opponents in SBC

HOUSTON (ABP) — Growing disagreements over the role of Calvinism will make the Southern Baptist Convention stronger, not weaker, as long as its focus remains on evangelism, members of an advisory team commissioned to study the topic told hundreds in…

Called the ‘guy we need on the scene,’ Fred Luter reelected convention president

HOUSTON (BP) — Fred Luter Jr., pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, was re-elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention June 11. Luter, whose historic election in 2012 as the SBC’s first African-American president was a milestone…

SBC urges action on mental health, resolving to provide ‘biblical counsel’ for people with disorders

HOUSTON (ABP) — Compared to Southern Baptist Convention resolutions on the Boy Scouts and protection of children from sex predators, the one urging churches to develop intentional, compassionate ministries for the mentally ill got scant attention from local and national…

BJC names communication head

By Bob Allen Cherilyn Crowe, the associate director of communications for the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty since 2009, has been promoted to department director. Crowe worked nine years as a producer for NewsChannel 5 Network (WTVF-TV) in Nashville,…

An American experiment: 250 years of trying

10 reasons America is not a ‘Christian nation’

American Dominion traces deep roots of Seven Mountain Mandate

Lindsey Graham and the history of ‘widow’s succession’

EDITORIAL: Movin’ on

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ANALYSIS: Some suggest unity at SBC meeting resulted from taking on cultural issues, not themselves

SBC condemns Boy Scouts’ decision on gays but stops short of boycott

Leaders hope report on Calvinism will ease tensions between proponents and opponents in SBC

Called the ‘guy we need on the scene,’ Fred Luter reelected convention president

SBC urges action on mental health, resolving to provide ‘biblical counsel’ for people with disorders

BJC names communication head

Back from the bridge

SC Baptist minister lobbies for immigration reform

Iranians mixed on having religious figures in politics: Pew poll

European Evangelicals Draw A Clear Distinction From Their American Counterparts

Clergy serving among the ruins of Venezuela

The Deep Spiritual History of AI

Israel’s parliament approves laws to enshrine exemption of ultra-Orthodox men from military service

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An American experiment: 250 years of trying

10 reasons America is not a ‘Christian nation’

American Dominion traces deep roots of Seven Mountain Mandate

Lindsey Graham and the history of ‘widow’s succession’