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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.

Paige Patterson said said his decision stemmed from "days of soul-searching before our God, whose blessed forgiveness and grace are continually poured out upon us all."

A report contends a cover-up of Planned Parenthood sexual assault victims, some as young as 12. The report comes from undercover video of Planned Parenthood officials ignoring the pleas of young girls.

When Southern Baptists get together for their annual meeting June 12 in Dallas, J.D. Greear and Ken Hemphill are on the ballot to become the denomination’s next president. But now a third name is being floated—Beth Moore.