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Online conference includes focus on Sisters Who Care

During the online Black Church Leadership and Family Conference, Michelle Fergus of DeSoto led a breakout session titled “Missions Relevance Test: Are You Really on Mission?”

08/03/2020 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

Churches see success with online giving

Many churches transitioned to online giving when the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to suspend in-person worship service. And they plan to continue the convenient giving option.

08/03/2020 - By Tess Schoonhoven / Baptist Press

Alabama pastor resigns church after celebrating KKK leader

A bivocational Southern Baptist pastor resigned from his church July 29 after backlash resulting from his participation in an annual birthday celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest, a general in the Confederate Army and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

07/31/2020 - By Baptist Press Staff

Coronavirus outbreak tied to revival at Alabama church

More than 40 members of Warrior Creek Baptist Church in rural Alabama, including Pastor Darryl Ross, contracted the COVID-19 virus after the church’s annual revival during the week of July 19.

07/28/2020 - By Grace Thornton / Baptist Press

NAMB lawsuit dismissal reversed, remanded to district court

A lawsuit against the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board was remanded back to a district court by a federal appeals court on July 16, reversing a dismissal decision from April 2019.

07/22/2020 - By Jonathan Howe / Baptist Press

Annie Filmore and Danielson family desegregated Glorieta

Annie Filmore and the other women from her church were not allowed to attend WMU weeks at Ridgecrest Assembly in North Carolina because they were Black. So, Filmore embarked on a three-day journey to New Mexico, hoping to attend a WMU conference at Glorieta.

07/22/2020 - By Daniel Porter / Baptist New Mexican

Black pastor explains why he gave up on Southern Baptists

Concerned about a perceived lack of urgency in dealing with racial injustice, Pastor John Onwuchekwa led his church to leave the Southern Baptist Convention.

07/17/2020 - By Maina Mwaura / Religion News Service

Southwestern Seminary trustees approve reduced budget

During a called meeting July 14, trustees of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary unanimously approved a $29.7 million budget for the 2020-21 academic year—6 percent lower than in 2019-20.

07/15/2020 - By James A. Smith

Texas Baptist universities have launched tentative plans to resume in-person, on-campus instruction in the fall 2020 semester, but that does not mean an immediate return to pre-COVID-19 “normal.”

Church and civic partnership for contact tracing encouraged

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is encouraging churches to partner with government officials to fight the spread of COVID-19, while receiving First Amendment protections as they cooperate.

07/14/2020 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

WMU leader reflects on spiritual journey from Ghana to U.S.

When Doris Opoku and her family immigrated to the United States from Ghana in 2008, they had no idea what ministry opportunities God had in store for them.

07/10/2020 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

Life experiences led to passion for corrections ministry

Karen Vinyard, a longtime Woman’s Missionary Union leader in Illinois, became involved in corrections ministry while her husband was serving 13 years in prison after being convicted on drug-related charges.

06/29/2020 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

Mississippi Baptist leaders want Confederate flag removed

Offering a “voice of healing in the name of Jesus Christ,” Mississippi Baptists asked the state legislature to replace the state flag with a design that does not include the Confederate flag.

06/26/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press