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Panel discussion covers racism, politics and evangelism

Given the current upheaval in race relations in the United States, Vance Pitman, senior pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas, said the Southern Baptist Convention must seize the tumultuous moment to change.

06/10/2020 - By Tess Schoonhoven / Baptist Press

SBC President J.D. Greear says ‘black lives matter’

In a speech offered in lieu of his address at the denomination’s canceled annual meeting, Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear called for Southern Baptists to declare that “black lives matter.”

06/10/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Trump faith advisers defend photo-op at church

Informal evangelical Christian advisers to President Donald Trump framed the president’s June 1 photo-op in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church, in which he held aloft a Bible for cameras, as an expression of support for religious freedom.

06/10/2020 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Legislation grants churches with PPP loans greater flexibility

President Donald Trump signed legislation June 5 to make it easier for businesses or churches struggling during the coronavirus pandemic to take advantage of a payroll subsidy program that has been a critical part of Washington’s response to the economic crisis.

06/09/2020 - By Mark Maynard / Kentucky Today

Mississippi minister finds car keyed with racial slur

Tiki Broome, interim student pastor at First Baptist Church of Yazoo City, Miss., woke up on June 2 to find a racial slur scratched into the side of his car. Broome, who said he had been outspoken about racial injustice, recently received some backlash via social media.

06/09/2020 - By Tess Schoonhoven / Baptist Press

TBM helps ministry partners meet needs in developing nations

As the epicenter of the COVID crisis has shifted to developing nations, Texas Baptist Men is meeting extreme hunger needs through international ministry partners.

06/08/2020 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

Black Texas Baptist group leaders support nonviolent protests

Leaders of the African American Fellowship of Texas voiced support for nonviolent protests against racially motivated police brutality. Presidents of some Texas Baptist universities also issued statements pledging no-tolerance policies regarding racism.

06/08/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

No annual meeting but SBC continues debates on race

The Southern Baptist Convention will not hold its annual meeting as it regularly does each June. But issues its members have long grappled with—including race and the roles of women—continue to be points of controversy.

06/05/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Obituary: James Shields

James Shields, an influential Texas Baptist religion professor at Howard Payne University and Hardin-Simmons University, died June 3 in Abilene. He was 86.

06/05/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Churches find ways to call ministers during pandemic

Pastor Troy Strickland never expected his first experience guiding a church through the process of seeking and calling a youth minister would be without any face-to-face interviews or in-person voting. But Strickland never anticipated ministry in the midst of a global pandemic.

06/05/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Detroit ministry center aids women in need

Launching an innovative ministry center in metro Detroit has been quite a rollercoaster ride for Sue Hodnett and her volunteer ministry team.

06/04/2020 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

Stark College helps Corpus Christi church

A Technology in Ministry class at Stark College took on a project—helping Segunda Iglesia Bautista in Corpus Christi start webcasting Sunday worship services.

06/04/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter