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Chitwood announces IMB five-year plan

Paul Chitwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, announced the mission agency’s five-year plan during meetings with trustees Jan. 29-30 in Riverside, Calif.

02/03/2020 - By Ken Camp

Obituary: Donald Cannata

Donald Cannata, longtime minister of education, died Jan. 31. He was 86.

02/03/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Denhollander urges Christian colleges to condemn sex abuse

Abuse survivor and activist Rachael Denhollander brought her advocacy to presidents of evangelical colleges, urging them at their annual conference to not discount sexual abuse but to instead support survivors who report it.

02/03/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

High-profile evangelicals embrace Trump peace plan

When President Donald Trump unveiled his plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, which calls for some land swaps with Palestinians and a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem, his most loyal evangelical advisers applauded the effort.

01/31/2020 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Pastor seeks to turn KKK site into shrine of reconciliation

The building that once housed a racist emporium and Ku Klux Klan museum now belongs to a black preacher who plans to transform it into a shrine of reconciliation.

01/31/2020 - By Jeffrey Collins / Associated Press

Around the State: BGCT recognizes Baylor on Institutional Legacy Day

Texas Baptists recognized Baylor University on Institutional Legacy Day for 175 years of exemplary Christian higher education. TBM volunteers distributed 1,750 boxes to people in an area damaged by an explosion at a Houston industrial site.

01/29/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Texas Baptist leaders participate in Rally for Life

Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Director David Hardage and BGCT President Michael Evans addressed a crowd of more than 20,000 people from the steps of the State Capitol during the Texas Rally for Life.

01/28/2020 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

Most churches take precautions; divided over armed members

In the aftermath of high-profile church shootings, most Protestant pastors say their congregations have taken precautions to protect those in attendance. Nearly half say their security measures include having armed church members.

01/28/2020 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

Durbin to be nominee for SBC 2nd VP

Dusty Durbin, pastor of Big Level Baptist Church in Wiggins, Miss., will be nominated for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

01/27/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Replanting focuses on giving struggling churches new life

Pastors who want to breathe new life into struggling churches by replanting them—rather than starting new congregations—need a special set of skills, attendees learned at a recent conference at Houston’s First Baptist Church.

01/27/2020 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

Iraqi refugees experience abundant life

Before departing for their new home in Fort Worth, an Iraqi refugee and her daughter received valuable advice: “Look for the churches. They will help you.”

01/27/2020 - By Ken Camp

Panelists hope for common ground in divided nation

Polarization in American Christianity and American politics may be at its highest in recent memory, but experts on the role of faith in public life nevertheless have some hope about ways to address it.

01/27/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service