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  ERLC breaks ties with the Evangelical Immigration Table

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy agency will go its own way on immigration policy, breaking ties with a coalition of other evangelical Christian bodies focused on the issue.

  09/19/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Gary Hollingsworth named ERLC interim president

  Retired South Carolina Baptist state convention leader and longtime pastor Gary Hollingsworth has been selected as interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, effective Oct. 1.

  09/17/2025 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  Baptists denounce violence, call for prayer after shooting

  Baptists from varied perspectives denounced political violence and called for prayer after the shooting death of political activist Charlie Kirk. However, they took different postures regarding many aspects of Kirk’s message.

  09/16/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  National Baptists hear first female preacher at meeting

  Tracey L. Brown recently became the first woman ever to preach at the annual session of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., a 145-year-old, historically Black denomination.

  09/12/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Baptist leaders among speakers at Ascent Summit 2026

  Several Baptist leaders will be among the keynote speakers at the inaugural Ascent Summit, March 10-12 at Columbia Church in Falls Church, Va.

  09/08/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Katrina reshaped New Orleans churches, leaders say

  As churches in New Orleans commemorate the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, they’ll do so with a New Orleans Baptist Association of churches that is more diverse and more united than it was when waters flooded the city, leaders said.

  08/29/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Baptist missions leader Keith Parks dies at 97

  R. Keith Parks, international missions leader of both the Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, died Aug. 26. He was 97.

  08/27/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  MedAdvance highlights importance of health care missions

  Health care missions provide access to millions of people who’ve never heard of the Great Physician, and health care professionals play a crucial role in prescribing treatment for both physical and spiritual needs.  These were some of the messages attendees of MedAdvance heard.

  08/27/2025 - By Tessa Sanchez / Baptist Press

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  Water Impact ministry sees God move in Peru

  Texans on Mission is not only bringing fresh water and good hygiene practices to people in the Andes Mountains of Peru, but also bringing the gospel, with 46 professions of faith recorded during an August mission trip.

  08/25/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  SBC launches revamped sexual abuse helpline

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s office for abuse prevention and response has launched a revamped helpline for those needing assistance with matters related to sexual abuse.

  08/19/2025 - By Laura Erlanson / Baptist Press

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  Dockery notes seminary’s ‘new place of stability’

  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President David S. Dockery told faculty and staff the seminary has experienced a “turnaround” and is in “a place of stability and health” at the start of a new academic year.

  08/11/2025 - By Michelle Workman / Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

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  Leatherwood resigns as president of the ERLC

  Brent Leatherwood, who spent nearly four years dealing with critics from the most conservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, resigned as head of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

  07/31/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor