Sunrise Children’s Services’ 25-year legal battle ends in victory
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) – A 25-year-old legal dispute has finally been settled in favor of Sunrise Children’s Services. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati unanimously affirmed the final dismissal of all the plaintiffs’ claims against Sunrise with prejudice in a ruling Tuesday.
Would-be foster parents rejected for Christian beliefs
SOUTHAMPTON, Mass. (BP) – A Massachusetts couple claims they were denied approval to foster children because of their beliefs regarding LGBT issues.
Childhood lemonade stand spurs nationwide funding program for orphans
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – At 10 years old, Caleb Newell considered why the hundreds of babies he and his family visited in a Chinese orphanage weren’t crying. Perhaps they were all cried out.
CAMPUS DIGEST: Samford nursing school receives $2 million grant; Carson-Newman professor co-edits book on infertility
Samford's Nursing School received a $2 million grant to help eradicate nursing shortage; Carson-Newman faculty member edits book to help those dealing with infertility
Send Relief consultant advocates orphan care reform
NAIVASHA, Kenya (BP) – Kristen Lowry discovered her calling to minister to orphans and vulnerable children as a Journeyman to Kenya for the International Mission Board, but she quickly noticed a need for strategy reform.
FIRST-PERSON: ERLC opposes the Equality Act
The ERLC affirms the full dignity of every human being. At the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Messengers passed a resolution to “reaffirm the sacredness and full dignity and worthiness of respect and Christian love for every single human being, without any reservation.”
FIRST-PERSON: How your church can serve pregnancy resource centers
The thought of sitting across the room from a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy strikes fear in the hearts of many. Visions of a quiet room, hushed tones, heartbreaking stories, positive tests, and difficult decisions may cause anxiety or discomfort. To be honest, this fear isn’t unwarranted. As a woman who has worked in the pregnancy resource center (PRC) world in a variety of capacities for the past 10 years, I’ve seen firsthand how serious and intense the frontlines of a PRC can be.
Generational impact: Pregnancy resource centers’ fatherhood programs help dads engage
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- When Richard found out his girlfriend, Jasmine, was pregnant, he was nervous — he’d been a husband and a dad before, and he didn’t feel like he’d done very well.
‘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.
On difficult Mother’s Day, daughter will seek solace at gravesite
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (BP) – Sarah Smith was married and starting a family when she began to discern her relationship with her own mother was lacking something.
