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The Southern Baptist Convention wrapped up its 2018 Annual Meeting yesterday in Dallas, Texas. Messengers and leaders of America’s largest protestant denomination have a...

The doctrine committee of the Presbyterian Church of Ireland concluded: "In light of our understanding of scripture and the Church's understanding of a credible profession of faith, it is clear that same-sex couples are not eligible for communicant membership nor are they qualified to receive baptism for their children."

What does God look like? It's interesting to consider that Old and New Testament writers who saw God describe him differently. And modern American Christians have some interesting ideas!

J. D. Greear was elected on the first ballot today to be the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church in North Carolina, was elected with 68 percent of the vote.  Former seminary head Ken Hemphill received 31 percent.

Mike Pence is dispatching U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green to Iraq to ensure that U.S. taxpayer dollars are going to help save Iraqi Christians in the Nineveh Plain, home to one of the oldest Christian communities in the world and considered by many to be the cradle of Christianity.

SBC President Steve Gaines announced Pence’s appearance in a press release: "We are excited to announce Vice President Mike Pence will be attending this year's SBC annual meeting to express appreciation to Southern Baptists for the contributions we make to the moral fabric of our nation."

Two celebrity suicides just days apart have many rethinking wealth and fame as an antidote to despair. Two well-known pastors tell us what the Bible says about hope and despair.

The murders come amidst the Philippine drug war that has resulted in more than 16,000 unsolved homicide cases in a year and a half since President Rodrigo Duterte took office.