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Two College Students Shot to Death Outside Iowa Megachurch
On Thursday (June 2), two female college students were killed in the parking lot of Cornerstone Church, a large congregation in Ames, Iowa. Church and community members say they’re in shock.
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SBC Presidential Candidate Bart Barber Shares His Thoughts on Guns
As debates about firearm regulations are being waged against the backdrop of multiple recent mass shooting events, SBC presidential candidate Bart Barber weighed in with his thoughts surrounding guns on Friday.
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Mennonite Church USA Passes Resolution Committing to LGBTQ Inclusion
The governing body of the Mennonite Church USA passed a resolution on Sunday (May 29) confessing to "committing violence against LGBTQ people" and committing to LGBTQ inclusion. The denomination also repealed instructions to pastors not to officiate at marriages between people of the same sex.
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‘It’s Still Raw.’ Texas Baptist Leader Comforts Hometown After Massacre
Tony Mathews’ mother called him every few moments with updates. A white teenager was at the Tops Friendly Market around the corner from her Buffalo home, shooting people just because they were Black.
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ELCA Presiding Bishop Releases Report Examining Removal of Latino Pastor by Bishop Rohrer
Bishop Megan Rohrer chose to remove a Latino pastor last December on the Feast of Our Lady Guadalupe even after being made aware that doing so, on one of the most culturally significant and sacred days for Latino Christians, would be “potentially devastating,” according to a report released Wednesday
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Uvalde Church Continues to Mourn the Loss of Two Girls in School Shooting
More than a week after the tragic school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, members of one local Southern Baptist congregation are just beginning to mourn the loss of two young girls who attended their church.
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EC Trustees Vote to Approve Initial, Future Funding of Sexual Abuse Response
The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee (EC) voted June 2 to revise previously recommended budgets in order to fund recommendations made by the Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF).
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Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren to Retire in September, Names Andy Wood As His Successor
After more than four decades, Rick Warren, the pastor of one of the nation’s largest and most influential churches, is ready to step down. And he has named a young couple to take his place.