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Central Seminary receives $1 million for new mentoring initiative

It is one of nearly $70 million in grants to 78 organizations across the United States recently announced as part of Lilly’s Thriving in Ministry initiative to help clergy thrive as pastoral leaders so they can lead the congregations they serve more effectively.

North Carolina Baptist newspaper editor to retire in 2019

Allan Blume, editor and president of the Biblical Recorder, has announced plans to retire at the end of next May. Blume, 68, took over in 2011 as editor of the official news journal of the Baptist State Convention of North…

Netflix is developing new movies, series from ‘The Chronicles Of Narnia’

The popular streaming service announced plans on Wednesday to develop a series and film projects set in the Narnia universe, thanks to a new deal with The C.S. Lewis Company, which manages the rights to the acclaimed Irish author’s works.

Churches in Hurricane Florence’s path look to FEMA for a helping hand

The possibility of federal funds paying to restore churches is a departure from previous Federal Emergency Management Agency policy that disqualified religious groups from receiving aid available to other nonprofits. FEMA announced the change, which was endorsed by President Trump,…

Ousted Baptist seminary president, Paige Patterson, to co-teach ethics course with former colleague Richard Land

Four months after his public fall from grace, long-time conservative Southern Baptist leader Paige Patterson is returning to the classroom to teach Christian ethics.

Without an ark: The people in the Noah story weren’t ready for earth’s devastation. Neither are we.

Twenty-first century humanity is eating, drinking, marrying and unmarrying, driving, flying, breathing and buying while planet earth decomposes before our very eyes. The fate that befell Noah’s generation seems headed right at us. This time, however, there’s no ark. It is a planetary crisis from which no one can escape.

Religion Notes: BWA seeks aid for tsunami survivors, Vestal addresses lay leaders

More than 1,400 have died in the 7.5 magnitude seismic event, which generated a tsunami and was followed by a volcanic eruption on the island four days later.

Transitions for the week of 10-5-18

Please submit transitions — including staff changes, ordinations, anniversaries or deaths — to Barbara Francis. This page will be updated weekly. STAFF CHANGES Joshua David Franklin, to Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va., as senior pastor. He comes from the…

Does church temper Trump voters’ views on race? New report whitewashes conservative Christian problem

Despite reporting favorable feelings about African Americans, a recent survey also reveals that white evangelicals have deeply troubling views on who and what the problem is.

Francis Effect fades: Pope’s approval drops most among evangelicals

The latest abuse investigations have rattled non-Catholics’ perceptions more than Catholics themselves, according to survey data.

Baptist pastors gather in Boston to discuss ministry in divisive times

Close to 40 Baptist ministers gathered in Boston Sept. 17-20 for Baptist News Global’s second Conversations that Matter event. Centered in church venues on and around Harvard University, the gathering this year was themed “Pastoral Leadership in a Polarized and…

Baptist leader promotes balanced view of religious liberty before Senate panel

A Baptist church-state specialist warned a Senate panel Oct. 2 against “a growing misunderstanding and sometimes willful distortion” of the constitutional right to free exercise of religion.

The wicked are punished — or not

What Ryan Burge sees in America’s megachurches

We are a nation of immigrants

As worldwide deaths mount, Musk insists DOGE cuts didn’t kill anyone