Beijing | The Chinese government has officially ended its international adoption program, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning announced Sept. 5, ending hopes for hundreds of U.S. families who were matched with children before the COVID-19 pandemic but had adoptions put on hold in 2020. Karla Thrasher, senior director of international adoptions at Lifeline Children’s Services […]
SBC Executive Committee to consider Jeff Iorg for president, CEO March 21
DALLAS (BP) – The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will consider Gateway Seminary President Jeff Iorg for EC president and CEO in a special called meeting from noon-3 p.m. March 21 in Dallas. The vote comes after a lengthy search for an EC president and CEO following the October 2021 resignation of Ronnie Floyd. While […]
Bombed Gaza hospital formerly led by Southern Baptists
Gaza City | The Gaza City hospital that suffered a deadly blast Oct. 17 in the Israeli-Hamas war is formerly Southern Baptist, an International Mission Board spokesperson confirmed to Baptist Press. It is unclear how many Palestinian and other civilians were killed in the blast, with Israel and Hamas blaming one another for the attack. […]
Webcast plans for 40 days of prayer for racial unity
Unify Project will announce in a Feb. 9 webcast plans for 40 days of prayer for racial unity in the Southern Baptist Convention, project co-chairman Fred Luter told Baptist Press. The webcast, featuring Luter, Unify Project co-chairman Ed Litton and Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Brent Leatherwood, will update viewers on the project’s work […]
Chicago pastor urges support to quell gun violence
New Beginnings Church of Chicago Assistant Pastor T.J. Grooms ministers in Parkway Gardens, a low-income housing development where a mass shooting occurred early July 1 next door to the South Side church. “I know everybody in that community,” Grooms said. “I knew three out of the five that were shot. It happened in the wee […]