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SBC President Defends Hiring of New ERLC President, Calls SBC Pastor’s Comments a ‘Faustian Bargain With the Devil of Politics’

On Thursday, SBC President Bart Barber took to Twitter to defend the hiring of the SBC’s new ERLC President, Brent Leatherwood, after SBC pastor Dusty Deevers attacked the hire and pro-life work of the SBC.

Lights in the Darkness, Chaplains Work During Law Enforcement Personnel Crisis

After a 26-year military career, Dan Middlebrooks served as a Southern Baptist-certified chaplain. He is also the founder of Chaplaincy Care, which focuses on first responder agencies in Hillsborough County, Fla.

Interim Leadership Led to Leatherwood’s ERLC Election

NASHVILLE (BP) – A year of supposedly temporary leadership convinced a presidential search committee it need look no further for the next president of...

Kentucky Disaster Relief Trains More Than 200 Volunteers in Weekend Event

In the midst of ongoing recovery from recent natural disasters, Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief workers trained more than 200 volunteers during an event at Graefenburg Baptist Church Saturday (Sept. 10).

UMC Bishops in Africa Break With Africa Initiative, Wesleyan Covenant Association

A group of United Methodist bishops in Africa announced Thursday (Sept. 8) that it will no longer work with the Africa Initiative or the Wesleyan Covenant Association, accusing the groups of spreading misinformation.

Alabama Sidesteps Compensation for Survivor of ’63 KKK Church Bombing

In 1963, five girls were gathered at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, when a bomb planted by KKK members went off outside, killing four of them.

Pope Urged To Avoid ‘Supermarket of Religions’ in Kazakhstan

Pope Francis reaffirmed the critical value Thursday of interfaith dialogue to contrast the “folly of war,” even as one of his own bishops warned that Francis’ participation in a big interfaith peace conference in Kazakhstan could imply papal endorsement of a “supermarket of religions.”

Former Hillsong Pastor Carl Lentz Takes to Instagram in First Post Since 2020

On Wednesday, former Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz made his first Instagram post since November 2020, when it was revealed that he had been involved in an extramarital affair and had stepped down from his role as pastor.