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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.
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Tulsa Pastor Reacts to Shooting That ‘Rocked’ Community
Tulsa pastor Deron Spoo was visiting church members at the hospital when lockdown procedures began. It was only after he made it to his car and turned on the radio that he learned of the gunman.
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‘My Life Was an Absolute Living Hell’—Another Woman Alleges Abuse at Hands of Pastor John Lowe’s Son
Another woman has come forward with her own story of abuse in connection with Pastor John B. Lowe II. She says she was married to Lowe’s son, Jeremiah Lowe, for four years, during which time he was violent, abusive and even beat one of her dogs to death.
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SBC Executive Committee Member Joe Knott ‘Terrified’ To Implement Policies To ‘Protect Children or Women’
In an Executive Committee meeting, Joe Knott expressed that he is “terrified” at the thought of the SBC implementing policies “to protect children or women,” policies he believes will leave the SBC legally exposed.