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Supreme Court supports coach’s right to pray on field

NEW By Tom Strode, posted June 27, 2022

WASHINGTON (BP)—The U.S. Supreme Court delivered what most religious liberty advocates declared an important victory in ruling Monday (June 27) the post-game, midfield prayer of a high school football coach did not violate the First Amendment’s ban on government establishment of religion.

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Churches give thanks for Supreme Court decision, recommit to protect life

Chris Johnson, vice president of church partnerships and government affairs for Lifeline Children’s Services, speaks during a worship service at FBC Concord, Tenn. on June 26. (Facebook photo)

By Timothy Cockes, posted June 27, 2022 in Abortion, SBC News, World & Politics

CONCORD, Tenn. (BP) – On the Sunday after the Supreme Court’s historic overturning of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on Friday (June 24), Southern Baptists across the country took time both to rejoice in the ruling and to discuss how Christians should respond.

The U.S. Supreme Court (Baptist Press file photo)

By Tom Strode, posted June 27, 2022 in ERLC, Religious Liberty, World & Politics

By Diana Chandler, posted June 27, 2022 in SBC News, Sexual Abuse

NASHVILLE (BP) -- The work of a yet-to-be-appointed Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force (ARITF) is likely to take years, with an initial report ordered to be given at the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans next June.

By BP Staff Compilation, posted June 27, 2022 in SBC Digests

Worshippers at Baptist church in Nigeria abducted; JD Hall, Pulpit & Pen founder, ‘disqualified’ from ministry by Montana church

Chris Johnson, vice president of church partnerships and government affairs for Lifeline Children’s Services, speaks during a worship service at FBC Concord, Tenn. on June 26. (Facebook photo)