‘Let the good times roll.’ Carnal New Orleans culture challenges SBC 2023
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – If you’re on neutral ground in New Orleans, it has nothing to do with nonpartisanship, but it’s that grassy middle area between roads – otherwise known as a median.
Catholic charter school approved on second attempt in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (BP) – A Catholic diocese has won approval to open a charter school in Oklahoma slated to become the first publicly funded religious school in the nation amid concerns of separation of church and state.
New resource guides unified prayer approaching, during SBC 2023
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Unified prayer and spiritual preparation are the intent of a new resource available in advance of the 2023 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
First U.S. law banning public drag shows ruled unconstitutional
NASHVILLE (BP) – A federal district judge has ruled unconstitutional a Tennessee law prohibiting gender-bending drag performances in front of minors, which had been the only such law in the nation.
Neal Hughes to chair Executive Committee’s CEO, presidential search team
NASHVILLE (BP) – Alabama associational executive Neal Hughes was elected June 1 as chairman of the search team tasked with finding the next president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
60 infants, toddlers die in Khartoum orphanage as fighting blocks aid
KHARTOUM, Sudan (BP) – At least 60 infants and children have died in a Khartoum orphanage since the civil conflict began in Sudan, the Associated Press reported May 31 amid an extended ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian aid.
‘Complete healing’ is prayer for boy hit by lightning strike that killed father
VALLEY MILLS, Texas (BP) – “Mom,” Matthew Boggs called to his mother Angela as she mowed the lawn. He had picked up the mail from the box at the foot of the quarter-mile driveway as he walked his two sons Elijah and Grayson from the elementary school bus stop.
90,000 U.S. testimonies of answered prayer sought for England monument
BIRMINGHAM, England (BP) – Richard Gamble admits he “was not massively into prayer” nearly 20 years ago when he received inspiration to build a public monument to a million answered prayers.
Evangelist Michael Gott completes fifth tour of Ukraine during war
KYIV, Ukraine (BP) – One morning after air raid sirens alerted Kyiv of imminent attack, hundreds attended Central Baptist Church for Sunday worship. Southern Baptist evangelist Michael Gott was preaching.
POLICY DIGEST: S.C. enacts abortion ban; Texas rejects 10 Commandments in schools
South Carolina Baptists celebrate six-week abortion ban; Ten Commandments bill fails in Texas Legislature.