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Global Baptists to explore talks with Orthodox and Pentecostals

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptists will begin preparatory conversations later this year with representatives of both Orthodox Christianity and Pentecostal churches, aiming for eventual formal theological dialogue with both, a Baptist World Alliance leader announced July 7. BWA general secretary…

BWA commission urges Baptists to continue conversation with Muslims

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Baptists must continue to engage Muslims around the world in hopes of promoting “peaceful living together,” a Baptist World Alliance commission concluded July 6. Developing a process by which Christians and Muslims can address and resolve…

Laughter makes worlds overlap says comic pastor

TAMPA, Fla. (ABP) — Humor is both Susan Sparks’ heart and her arms to embrace strangers and implode barriers that would keep them from Jesus. Susan Sparks The stand-up comic who is also a pastor and former lawyer embodies a…

The conversation no one wants to keep having

By Elizabeth Evans Hagan Baptist Women in Ministry recently came out with its latest report on the state of women in Baptist life. In the report, released at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship meeting in Tampa, Fla., BWIM reported that there…

Dalai Lama celebrates 76th birthday in Washington, D.C.

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Black Baptists look forward to fellowship at conference

Religion still matters, global survey finds

Pastor says God chooses who will be saved

PASADENA, Calif. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist pastor told a California audience June 26 that the notion that God foreknew which believers would freely choose to accept Christ is false. Steve Lawson, pastor of Christ Fellowship Baptist Church, Mobile, Ala.,…

Burmese refugees joyful despite persecution, say visitors

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (ABP) — Baptist World Alliance President John Upton was part of a seven-member delegation to visit refugees near the border between Thailand and Myanmar while en route to meetings this week in Malaysia. Upton, executive director of…

Missouri Baptist Foundation files second appeal

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP) — For the second time, the Missouri Baptist Foundation is seeking to appeal a Cole County judge's ruling that could force the institution to return control to the Missouri Baptist Convention. The Foundation filed a notice…

Separating church and schools

By Jim Denison On June 2, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that New York City can block religious groups from using public school facilities for worship services. This ruling is significant far beyond its…

Trump’s war on ‘woke’ targets federal grants and foreign relations

Reflections on In the Twilight of the Christian West

Why rural families need support now

Why do we keep sounding the alarm?