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‘No Address’ film to share profits with churches fighting homelessness

SEAFORD, Del. (BP) – Grace Baptist Church Senior Pastor Larry Davis doesn’t believe you can be like Jesus unless you help the poor among us. “Even though He said we’d always have them, He didn’t say not to help them,” Davis said.

ERLC joins 10 denominations asking SCOTUS to grant tax break to Catholic Charities

WASHINGTON (BP) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is among 11 faith groups asking the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that a Catholic benevolent ministry qualifies for a tax exemption granted to churches.

Mike Johnson, Brent Leatherwood talk ERLC priorities in Washington meeting

WASHINGTON (BP) – U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson heard Southern Baptist priorities Feb. 5 as Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) President Brent Leatherwood met with the congressional leader in Washington.

Psalm 139 ‘impactful’ heart song for abortion survivor, minister, father

EDMOND, Okla. (BP) – Mention King David’s exhortation on God’s hand in developing him in his mother’s womb, and Josiah Presley comes to life.

Learn of George Liele, others in Black History book of family devotions, recipes

NASHVILLE (BP) – When the 18th century church planter, evangelist and foreign missionary George Liele was imprisoned in Jamaica, he spread the Gospel in prison, reminiscent of the apostle Paul.

Hispanic Baptist leaders say loss of ‘sensitive locations’ rule hurts Church

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – The loss of a rule that prevented officials from entering churches to arrest immigrants accused of being in the U.S. illegally has hurt the Church’s witness, the National Hispanic Baptist Network (NHBN) said Jan. 29 in calling for the rule’s reinstatement.

China adoptions eyed anew by Lifeline Children’s Services in Trump term

SELMA, Ala. (BP) – On a beach in Thailand in February 2011 as international students, Lauren Jones and Harrison Smith discovered their mutual hope of adopting a child from China. Lauren considered it a dealbreaker in accepting a husband.

Fire claims historic meeting site of small Indiana church founded in 2016

PRINCETON, Ind. (BP) – One of the first emails Louis Wester received after his pastorate The Princeton Church burned down Jan. 20 was from a 15-year-old boy an hour away in Santa Claus.

Trump pardons 23 abortion protestors, some of them in jail

WASHINGTON (BP) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 23 pardoning 23 pro-lifers convicted of federal crimes for blocking entrances to abortion clinics before the overturning of Roe v. Wade, some of whom were serving prison sentences.

Iran’s Christians suffer sixfold increase in prison time, report says

LONDON (BP) – Christians in Iran suffered combined prison sentences amounting to a sixfold increase over time levied in 2023, all as punishment for their faith, London-based religious advocacy group Article 18 said in its latest annual report.