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SBC targets Texas church over homosexuality

INDIANAPOLIS (ABP) — A Fort Worth, Texas, church, which long ago cut back its support of the Southern Baptist Convention, nonetheless could be ousted from that body because it welcomes homosexuals. The possible ouster of Broadway Baptist Church, along with…

SBC officials reject idea of sex-offender database

INDIANAPOLIS (ABP) — Citing Baptists' “belief in the autonomy of each local church,” a Southern Baptist Convention official announced May 10 that the denomination's Executive Committee would not support the creation of a database of sexual offenders in SBC churches….

CBF expands anti-poverty initiative, launches process to determine group’s future

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An update on how the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is helping achieve the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals — a commitment the organization's decision-making body made last fall — topped the agenda of the CBF's annual general assembly…

CBF Bible study generates debate

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's 18th annual General Assembly included among the more than 60 workshops a series of three Bible study sessions led by John Killinger, executive minister and theologian in residence at Marble Collegiate Church in…

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 26, 2008

STAFF CHANGES • Eric and Jenny Howell, resigning as pastor and minister to children and youth, respectively, of Broadus Memorial Church, Charlottesville, effective the end of July. They will relocate to Waco, Texas, where she has been accepted into the…

Former ambassador says U.S. lacks political will to tackle food crisis

WASHINGTON (RNS) — As world leaders continue wrestling over what to do about the spiraling global food crisis, the former U.S. ambassador for humanitarian issues says he worries that Americans “have not yet developed the political and spiritual will” to…

Sex & Sects: Why does sex play such a large role within fringe religions?

WASHINGTON (RNS) — What is it with sects and sex? The recent probe into alleged child abuse at a polygamous compound in West Texas started with an anonymous phone call about underage girls having sex with adult men. The imprisoned…

FAITH DIGEST

Muslims affirm Saudi king's interfaith effort. Hundreds of Muslim leaders worldwide have endorsed Saudi King Abdullah's recent call for intensified interfaith dialogue in order to dampen global conflict and demonstrate Islam's commitment to solving world problems. The declaration came at…

Most evangelicals, Baptists tolerant, even universalist, survey suggests

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A massive survey of Americans’ religious views shows that Baptists, like the overall population, generally are socially tolerant of other faiths. It also suggests that most Americans and most Baptists are, effectively, universalists. The latest results are…

Most evangelicals, Baptists tolerant, even universalist, survey suggests

Defending minorities is very Baptist, Wright-Riggins tells BJC banquet

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptists, of all people, should defend the rights of minorities against the majority, an American Baptist leader told supporters of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty June 20. “To live with the minority experience is…

Understanding Al Mohler’s case against women

BNG podcasts feature each SBC presidential candidate

What the church got wrong about queer people

Trump admin denies hunger strike at immigrant detention center

SBC targets Texas church over homosexuality

SBC officials reject idea of sex-offender database

CBF expands anti-poverty initiative, launches process to determine group’s future

CBF Bible study generates debate

News about Virginia Baptists and their ministries for June 26, 2008

Former ambassador says U.S. lacks political will to tackle food crisis

Sex & Sects: Why does sex play such a large role within fringe religions?

FAITH DIGEST

Most evangelicals, Baptists tolerant, even universalist, survey suggests

Most evangelicals, Baptists tolerant, even universalist, survey suggests

Defending minorities is very Baptist, Wright-Riggins tells BJC banquet

Defending minorities is very Baptist, Wright-Riggins tells BJC banquet

Why Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became the patron saint of the US in the 1840s

ICE protesters who interrupted Minnesota church service won’t face state charges, prosecutor says

Raising Dementia Awareness, One Black Church at a Time

Trump Pledges $100M To Cuba, But Only If Faith‑Based Groups Distribute It

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Understanding Al Mohler’s case against women

BNG podcasts feature each SBC presidential candidate

What the church got wrong about queer people

Trump admin denies hunger strike at immigrant detention center