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By Diana Chandler, posted January 7, 2025 in National News, SBC News. PLAINS, Ga. (BP) – When Plains Baptist Church voted overwhelmingly in the 1950s to bar Blacks and “racial agitators” from membership, Jimmy Carter and a handful of his family members were the only ones opposed to the restriction.
As Titanic sank, he pleaded, ‘believe in the Lord Jesus!’
Apr 13, 2012 · Editor’s note: Sunday (April 15) is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. TAYLORS, S.C. (BP) — It has been 100 years since Titanic, the greatest ship of its time, sank on its maiden voyage, killing more than 1,500 passengers.
Chuck Norris tells how God’s plan was bigger than his own
Sep 21, 2004 · ATLANTA (BP)--Most would say Chuck Norris has reached the pinnacle of success. A six-time world karate champion, he starred as the hero in more than 23 films and wrote and produced his popular television series, "Walker, Texas Ranger." But success couldn't rescue the Norris family the night they faced a…
NEWS DIGEST: Oklahoma pastor convicted of sexual abuse; former …
Dec 17, 2024 · EC workgroup’s sex abuse report draws varied responses NEWS DIGEST: NAMB terminates agreement with Future Church; Former Illinois pastor arrested for grooming minor Former SC youth leader charged with two counts of sexual abuse FIRST-PERSON: Bart Barber’s opening comments in the presidential press conference Guidance on protecting churches from lawsuits offered by ERLC, SAAG Dallas-area ...
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WASHINGTON (BP) – Religious nationalism, mass displacement, authoritarianism, surveillance technology and other trends combine to persecute 300 million Christians globally, International Christian Concern (ICC) said in its 2025 Global Persecution Index released Jan. 2.
FROM THE SEMINARIES: NOBTS Spanish program grows; SWJT …
Dec 2, 2024 · SWJT names ‘Mere Christian Hermeneutics’ its 2024 Book of the Year. By Karen Garcia/SWBTS. FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – “Mere Christian Hermeneutics: Transfiguring What It Means to Read the Bible Theologically” by Kevin J. Vanhoozer has been chosen as the 2024 Book of the Year by the Southwestern Journal of Theology in the fifth annual edition of the honors, Southwestern Baptist ...
Christians in Nigeria approach Christmas amid fear of repeat of …
Dec 17, 2024 · PLATEAU, Nigeria (BP) – Christians in Nigeria plan to celebrate Christmas amid fear of a repeat of violence that claimed at least 160 lives in Nigeria’s Middle Belt at Christmastime in 2023 and dozens in northern Nigeria during the holidays in 2022, international religious liberty advocates reported.
Southern Baptist circle of partnership helps hurricane-hit region of ...
Nov 12, 2024 · GADSDEN, Ala. (BP) – News of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the Carolinas began to spread when a group text message among seven Christian pilots that fly out of the Gadsden, Ala., airport kickstarted a plan to send help to storm survivors.
STATE MEETINGS: Minnesota-Wisconsin, Wyoming - Baptist Press
Nov 11, 2024 · BP Staff Related posts: STATE MEETINGS: Iowa, Maryland-Delaware, New England ‘I have everything,’ God says to pastor SBC seminaries report to messengers STATE MEETINGS: Indiana, Mississippi SBC DIGEST: Litton to address UM graduation; Ohio Baptists to sell Seneca Lake facility STATE MEETINGS: Hawaii, West Virginia North Carolina pastor ...
Judge sets June date for Johnny Hunt trial | Baptist Press
Dec 3, 2024 · NASHVILLE (BP) – Judge William Campbell has set a jury trial date of June 17, 2025, for the civil trial of Johnny Hunt v. the Southern Baptist Convention, et al. The date was originally set for last month in the United States District Court for the Middle District in Tennessee, but the parties failed to reach a settlement in a court ordered ...