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Nine days after sharing that it had accepted a large grant to study LGBTQ+ inclusion in churches, Baylor University announced it has rescinded that decision. Read More … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Baylor University Rescinds Grant for LGBTQ+ Research

A North Carolina pastor has been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. Devin Carroll of Happy Home Baptist Church in Nakina is alleged to have committed the crime in his capacity as an employee at a South Carolina middle school. Read More … [Read more...] about 22-Year-Old Southern Baptist Pastor Charged With Criminal Sexual Conduct With a Minor

The search committee at Bellevue Baptist Church in Tennessee is recommending Lifeway Christian Resources President Dr. Ben Mandrell for the role of senior pastor. Bellevue’s current senior pastor, Dr. Steve Gaines, announced in November that he would be stepping down from that role. Read More … [Read more...] about Lifeway President Ben Mandrell To Be Voted on Sunday as Senior Pastor of Steve Gaines’ Bellevue Baptist Church

Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) President Clint Pressley gave the opening prayer for the U.S. Senate on Wednesday morning (July 9). Read More … [Read more...] about ‘Make Us a Prosperous and Happy People’—SBC President Clint Pressley Gives Opening Prayer at US Senate

Following news coverage of allegedly inhumane living conditions and violations of religious rights at Alligator Alcatraz, a new immigrant detention facility in Florida, World Relief is advocating for the people being kept there. Read More … [Read more...] about Alligator Alcatraz Complaints Prompt Response from World Relief: ‘We Must Do Better’