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For Bloomfield church, tragedy precedes outreach
Pin It The pastors at Bloomfield Baptist Church got the calls in the early morning hours of Saturday. Tragedy had struck one of their own. Bardstown Police Officer Jason Ellis was shot and killed in a...
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Southern Baptist conversions, membership down
Pin ItBaptisms fell 5 percent in 2012 and membership also declined in the Southern Baptist Convention — numbers reflecting “heartbreaking” trends, according to a lead researcher in the nation’s largest...
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Southern Baptist panel on Calvinism: We can work it out
Pin ItA Southern Baptist advisory group has come up with boundary markers on who’s in and who’s out in the current debate over Calvinist theology that’s been churning in the denomination. You’re out if...
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Southern Baptists denounce Boy Scout policy
Pin ItSouthern Baptists approved a resolution that comes up short of a call for congregations to withdraw sponsorship of Boy Scouts of America troops but that criticizes the scouts’ recent policy...
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Southern Baptists: Take care with ties to those accused of mishandling abuse
Pin ItWith controversy over a Louisville pastor in the backdrop, Southern Baptist messengers today voted Wednesday to call on their leaders to use the “highest sense of discernment” in affiliating with...
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Southern Baptists affirm medical response to mental health
Pin ItFrank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee, is shown in this file photo with his late daughter, Melissa. Page recently wrote a book reflecting on her suicide....
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C.J. Mahaney pulls out of Louisville pastors conference
Pin ItLouisville pastor C.J. Mahaney — accused in a lawsuit of allegedly covering up sexual abuse by others in the denomination he once led — has withdrawn from the 2014 program of a prominent...
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Evangelicals urged to confront sexual abuse
Pin ItBoz Tchividjian Evangelical churches need to confront sexual abuse and coverup within their own ranks, according to a statement signed by more than 1,500 people worldwide and promoted by a former...
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Churches struggle to reach young adults
Pin It It’s back-to-school time — and with it, a trifecta of articles in the local Christian press this past week. Each reflects anxiety about church-raised kids who head off to college, or adult life...
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Baptist homes: Settlement gives it a ‘Hobson’s choice’
Pin ItPlaintiffs and the commonwealth of Kentucky have submitted their final settlement agreement in a long-running federal lawsuit involving a Kentucky Baptist children’s agency. But the agency,...
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