‘Fairness for All’ proposed to increasingly polarized lawmakers A Utah Congressman introduced the Fairness for All Act Dec. 6, which would prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in employment, housing, and places of public accommodation, but also exempt churches, religious groups, and some small businesses from the anti-discrimination laws. The bill sponsored by Rep. Chris Stewart faces an […]
Persecution on the rise
Attack on church kills 14 in Burkina Faso The president of a West African country condemned “the barbaric attack” on one of his nation’s churches Dec. 1. Christianity Today reports Islamic extremists have been active in Burkina Faso since 2015, recently striking in the eastern region of the country. At a church in Hantoukoura last […]
What do Americans think of evangelicals?
Survey says conservatism is group’s top defining characteristic New research from Barna found only 30% of Americans have a positive opinion of evangelicals, while 25% have a negative perception and 46% are neutral. When Barna asked respondents to identify adjectives that describe the evangelical community, the most commonly selected terms were “religiously conservative” and “politically […]
Three views from Marion
As you prepare to turn the page to our coverage of 2019 Annual Meeting, please consider these observations from our reporting team in Marion. It’s a brief look at our yearly big Baptist family reunion. The Meeting that almost wasn’t Some years, the Annual Meeting theme emerges quickly, and with it the content to populate […]
Revive us, O Lord: Renewal starts with deeper dependence on God, preachers urge
Michael Kramer woke up a few weeks ago exhausted. The discipleship pastor from Immanuel Baptist Church in Benton was headed back to bed, he told his audience in Marion, but he had to do one thing first. Dispose of a raccoon in a trap on his roof. As he dug the raccoon’s grave, one of […]
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