Colorado Springs | Southern Baptists are among many who will pray in churches, businesses and the public square May 7 on the 75th anniversary of the National Day of Prayer (NDP), months ahead of the nation’s semiquincentennial. Prayer is crucial to Southern Baptists’ mission, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Interim President Gary Hollingsworth told Baptist […]
Advocates: Russia’s strike on Ukraine Baptist church ‘wasn’t an accident’
Ukraine | Russia’s deadly strike on a Baptist church in Zaporizhzhia during an April 16 prayer meeting was a targeted atrocity against Christianity and benevolence, religious freedom advocates including those associated with the church told Baptist Press. At least one person was killed and at least eight others were injured when Russia launched a bomb […]
After Moody sues, Chicago opens teaching intern spots to students
Chicago | Moody Bible Institute will be allowed to participate in Chicago Public Schools’ student teaching program after the college alleged religious freedom violations in being excluded. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) first said Moody couldn’t participate in the student-teacher internship unless the institute abandoned its religious-based hiring practices, but agreed to drop the requirement after Moody filed a federal […]
At 4 years, ‘pure miracle’ Ukraine still standing
Irpin, Ukraine | For Christians in Ukraine, the battle is existential, a spiritual onus to spread the Gospel where they are planted as darkness tries to snuff their witness. That’s Igor Bandura’s take as the nation enters its fifth year of sustained war against Russia. Bandura is a pastor in Irpin and vice president of […]
SBC Worship platform draws thousands of churches in first month, leader says
Dallas | SBC Worship, a new collaboration between The Worship Initiative and a broad swath of the Southern Baptist family, has attracted thousands of churches in its first month of operation at sbcworship.com, Robbie Seay told Baptist Press. “It’s been great,” Seay, the Worship Initiative’s executive vice president of leader development and content, told Baptist […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Next Page »