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LGBTQ+ Liaisons Won’t Restrict Religious Liberty, Mobile Mayor Assures Pastors

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson has assured Southern Baptist pastors that his appointment of two LGBTQ+ liaisons will not impede religious liberty enjoyed there.

Family Struck by Grief After It Loses 6 in Egypt Church Fire

Mariam Habeib lost her older sister, two nieces and a niece’s three young children in an intense fire that engulfed a church in Egypt’s capital during a recent service and killed 41 people.

‘Love Kept Me Going All These 43 Years of Painful Preaching,’ Rick Warren Shares During His and Kay’s Farewell Message

On Sunday, Rick and Kay Warren, founders and pastors of Saddleback Church for the past 43 years, delivered a farewell message as they prepared to pass the baton to Andy and Stacie Wood.

Human Remains Found in Abandoned Milwaukee Church Building

YouTube vlogger Matthew Nunez, who had been filming deserted structures in the Milwaukee area, called police after finding skeletal human remains at the former site of Genesis Missionary Baptist Church on August 10.

‘Manhood Will Not Be So Easily Shaven’: Desiring God Article Advocating for Beards Met With Humor, Criticism

On Monday, Desiring God published an article titled “O Beard Where Art Thou,” wherein Greg Morse argued theologically for growing a beard. The article drew both humorous replies and stern criticisms.

Former Missouri Church Elder Convicted in Wife’s Killing

Robert Lee Harris, a former elder in a Kansas City, Missouri, church, was convicted Friday of killing his wife four years ago. Harris was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Tanisha Harris at the couple’s home in Overland Park, Kansas.

California Church Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty

A Las Vegas man pleaded not guilty in a California court on Friday to charges that he killed one person and wounded five in a shooting at a Taiwanese American church meeting.

Demolition of Shuttered Church Begins After Long Battle

Demolition of a shuttered 19th-century Philadelphia church has begun following a yearslong battle by some neighbors to save the crumbling structure. Crews last week surrounded the 140-year-old St. Laurentius Church in the Fishtown neighborhood with scaffolding, fencing and barricades.