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WEBNorth Carolina Baptist association sends out letter calling Democrats Marxists. The director of missions for a Southern Baptist association in Eastern North Carolina sent a letter to all pastors of churches in Onslow County urging them to compel their members to vote for “biblical values” in this year’s presidential election…. News Mark ...
Faithful America inducts 12 more into its ‘false prophets’ hall of fame
WEBNov 6, 2023 · Two weeks into his new job, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives already has made the list. Although it’s a list he might not want to be on. Mike Johnson is one of 12 “false prophets” highlighted this year by Faithful America, the organization behind the “False Prophets Don’t Speak for Me” campaign. The 12 new inductees into the hall of fame for promoting Christian ...
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WEBXenoamora over xenophobia. As the 2024 election season winds its painfully polarized way to another American election day, among the most volatile issues in the fractious orbit of political conversation are border security and immigration. As a public policy question, immigration is complex…. Opinion Chuck Poole.
I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I ...
WEBDec 13, 2022 · According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020. But it’s not just researchers who are talking about this. As of Dec. 6, 2020, the hashtag “#exchristian” had 696.7 million cumulative views on TikTok and was assigned to more than 68,600 posts on ...
Why being transgender is not a sin – Baptist News Global
WEBNov 9, 2018 · Cross-dressing is about finding pleasure in wearing certain clothes. Being transgender is about finding mental and spiritual peace by aligning outward presentation with inner being. Occasionally, people will point to Genesis 1:27 as a condemnation of transgender identity: “male and female he created them.”.
A word in praise of Baptist Press – Baptist News Global
WEBLast Friday, the official news service of the Southern Baptist Convention published a 2,300-word news story about the tarnished legacy of Paul Pressler. Paul Pressler (left) and Paige Patterson, architects of the SBC takeover, sit at Cafe duMonde in New Orleans June 9, 1990, comemmorating their meeting at the same spot 20 years earlier to ...
After 30 years, the NRSV gets an update: Here’s what that means
WEBMar 15, 2022 · The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, also known as NRSVue, currently is available for digital download and will be published in printed copies later this spring. The update is significant, in part, because the NRSV is a preferred translation for many biblical scholars, seminaries, …
Church ‘religious exemption’ letters against COVID vaccination …
WEBAug 18, 2021 · Churches in California and North Carolina are among those now offering congregants documentation for “religious exemptions” to the COVID-19 vaccine, a practice that is legally dubious and likely ineffective, according to labor lawyers.. The practice has arisen as more employers and schools issue mandates that employees and students must be vaccinated before returning to work or school.
10 things we’re learning about the LGBTQ debate in the church
WEBFeb 13, 2018 · 4. It is important to discuss the actual issue and not use proxies for the issue. Because LGBTQ inclusion in the church is such a difficult topic, and because of the fears outlined above, the conversation sometimes falls to proxy debates to avoid the main difficult debate. These are diversionary tactics that must be labeled for what they are.
SBC president urges churches considering leaving to ‘press pause’
WEBAug 14, 2023 · The president of the Southern Baptist Convention has urged churches considering leaving the SBC to “press pause” until they hear from a new task force on cooperation that has not yet been named and will have less than nine months to work.. Meanwhile, anecdotal reports are circulating about large numbers of churches either leaving the SBC or being reported to the SBC Credentials Committee ...