Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief teams have served at both ends of the state and in Iowa this summer, helping homeowners recover from flooding and destructive storms. Dennis Felix, pastor of First Baptist Church in Prairie Du Rocher, led a team of nine volunteers to Rockford during the first week of July. Much of the flood […]
The SBC’s continuing #metoo moment
Former missionary charged with sexual assault Mark Aderholt, a former International Mission Board missionary and associate executive director of the South Carolina Baptist Convention, was arrested July 3 on charges of sexual assault of a child under 17. The charges stem from alleged incidents in 1997, when Aderholt was a student at Southwestern Seminary. He […]
‘Game On’ in Poland
Rochester First Baptist Church had sent individual members on mission trips. What they hadn’t done, said Pastor Chad Williams, was send a team to serve together. In June, Williams and five others from his church traveled to Poland to serve alongside missionaries who are building relationships in a country characterized by institutional religion. “Like most […]
Crucial moment for religious liberty
The announcement of Brett Kavanaugh as President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court cheered many Christians and conservatives July 9, including a coalition of evangelical leaders who released a statement in support of the 53-year-old federal appeals court judge. “Judge Kavanaugh is an outstanding choice for the Supreme Court,” tweeted Ethics and Religious […]
Christians respond to crisis at the border
For some Christians, immigration concerns at odds with battle for religious liberty The Washington Post reports that while some denominations, including the Southern Baptist Convention, have publicly spoken against the separation of families at the border, the current crisis is a complex issue for many conservatives weighing it against cultural issues like abortion and marriage. […]