Monday, May 20, 2013 Congregations

Responders wait as Okla. twister news unfolds

CBF disaster-response leader is waiting for word on Baptists impacted by the Oklahoma City tornado.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 Congregations

Assn. drops church with accused pastor

A Missouri Baptist church under fire for standing by its pastor accused of sex crimes with minors has been removed from its local association for non-participation.

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Thursday, May 2, 2013 Congregations

Historic church and black pastor part ways

High hopes for a historically white Baptist church’s calling its first African-American pastor unraveled after three years.

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Friday, April 19, 2013 Congregations
Ken Ham explains a dinosaur display at the Creation Museum in Kentucky. Organizers of a science and faith workshop say they were motivated by Ham and other six-day creationists (Creation Museum photo)
Ken Ham explains a dinosaur display at the Creation Museum in Kentucky. Organizers of a science and faith workshop say they were motivated by Ham and other six-day creationists (Creation Museum photo)

Can Christianity and evolution co-exist?

In response to six-day creationists, an American Baptist church in Dayton, Ohio, co-sponsors a symposium assuring believers science and reason are compatible.

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Thursday, April 18, 2013 Congregations
A boy poses with beverages being collected by the Salado Texas Volunteer Fire Department for blast victims (Facebook photo by Salado Volunteer Fire Department)
A boy poses with beverages being collected by the Salado Texas Volunteer Fire Department for blast victims (Facebook photo by Salado Volunteer Fire Department)

Baptists respond to blast with aid, prayer

 Local and regional churches are providing food, shelter and prayers to the victims and their families. BGCT is providing chaplains and other aid as needed.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Congregations
Rhonda and Ken Blackburn in their Sojourn House apartment in Houston (Jeff Brumley/ABPnews)
Rhonda and Ken Blackburn in their Sojourn House apartment in Houston (Jeff Brumley/ABPnews)

Cancer patients 'Sojourn' in Houston

South Main Baptist Church ministry provides affordable, caring housing to out-of-town cancer patients.

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Friday, April 5, 2013 Congregations
Small is big for Millennials

Small is big for Millennials

With today’s trends toward pets you can fit into a purse and church experiences that offer more intimacy and socialization than the megachurch has traditionally provided, is it safe to ask ... is small the new big?

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Friday, April 5, 2013 Congregations

Pastor says stats not ministry measure

Instead of waiting for peole to come to church, a Virginia congregration is taking the church to its community.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013 Congregations

1 in 5 undecided about Easter worship

Easter Sunday is one of the biggest days of the year for churches, but worship attendance on Easter is no longer a no-brainer for many Americans.

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Congregations
Former Baylor law professor and prosecutor Mark Osler tries to convince congregations to sentence Jesus to death (Thomas Whisenand/University of St. Thomas)
Former Baylor law professor and prosecutor Mark Osler tries to convince congregations to sentence Jesus to death (Thomas Whisenand/University of St. Thomas)

Jesus faces mock trial in Texas

A Baptist church in Austin, Texas, is hosting a mock legal hearing in which real lawyers argue for and against the death penalty for Jesus Christ.

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