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Pastor creates interfaith church where Christians are not in charge

NEW YORK (RNS) — A Christian, a Jew, a Muslim, a Buddhist and an atheist walk into a prayer meeting. Any number of punch lines could follow. But the members of Faith House Manhattan have serious business in mind. They…

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White literalists less likely to vote for minority candidates. More than eight in 10 white American Protestants would vote for a racial minority candidate for president, but fewer whites who interpret the Bible literally or who worship in an all-white…

CBF Coordinating Council adopts new strategic priorities

ATLANTA — A year-long spiritual discernment process culminated Oct. 10 in the unanimous approval by its governing Coordinating Council of the re-prioritizing of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's work. In addition to the vote to adopt new strategic priorities and bless…

FCC bans some wireless microphones

WASHINGTON (BP) — After his church invested $250,000 in wireless technology, Chris Hinkle of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas is concerned by the federal government's Aug. 21 vote to ban wireless microphones in the 700 megahertz band. “There are 75…

GuideStone Services adds property & casualty insurance

DALLAS (BP) — This fall, many Southern Baptist churches and ministries will have access to property and casualty insurance and risk management services from GuideStone Agency Services. The GuideStone Property & Casualty (P&C) Program will gradually roll out regionally over…

Fighting in Congo creates humanitarian crisis

NEW YORK (ABP) — Escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is creating a “humanitarian crisis of catastrophic dimensions,” the head of the United Nations said Oct. 29. U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon called attention to the flare-up, which…

Missionaries rejuvenate barn in Andean village

EDITOR'S NOTE: This year's Week of Prayer for International Missions, Nov. 30-Dec. 7, focuses on missionaries who serve in South America as well as churches partnering with them, exemplifying the global outreach supported by Southern Baptists' gifts to the Lottie…

Azerbaijan pastor tried on Oct. 31

WASHINGTON (BWA) — Hamid Shabanov, a Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan who was arrested on June 20, faced trial on Oct. 31. He is charged with the illegal possession of a weapon. Shabanov is the second Baptist pastor in the town…

Mississippi churches tackle Delta’s poverty

ATLANTA — Of all the places Courtney Allen thought she'd be during a summer ministry in Greenville, Miss., standing in rubber boots in raw sewage wasn't one of them. But a local family desperately needed a functioning bathroom, and someone…

Hegseth’s nomination fits the TheoBro pattern creating abuse culture

Sunday schools in public schools?

Here’s a Mike Huckabee connection with the Holy Land you didn’t know

Trump is nominating Project 2025 leaders to key posts