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FIRST-PERSON: Freedom to counsel with conviction

Counselors across the United States are breathing a collective sigh of relief following the Supreme Court’s decision in Chiles v. Salazar last month.

Supreme court protects mail-order, telehealth abortion pills as lower courts wrangle

WASHINGTON (BP) – Telehealth and mail-order abortion pill prescriptions remain accessible as a case challenging the medication works its way through lower courts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled May 14th.

Japanese fellowship gathers in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – Zoom calls help, but the fellowship of Japanese Southern Baptist churches is really seen when people froma dozen or more churches that worship in a Japanese context get together in early April for their annual meeting.

Georgia governor signs clergy sexual abuse bill

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation on Monday, May 11, adding clergy to Georgia’s improper sexual contact statute, creating a pathway for prosecutors to pursue charges when ministers use positions of spiritual authority to obtain sexual contact through counseling relationships.

Support for Christianity as official U.S. religion growing, majority still reject

WASHINGTON (BP) – A growing number of U.S. adults think Christianity should be the nation’s official religion, Pew Research Center said May 14, but most Americans still disagree with the notion.

Korean, Filipino, other Asian fellowships to gather in Orlando

ORLANDO – The All Nations booth in the Exhibit Hall of the Orange County Convention Center provides space for all ethnic fellowships to talk with messengers about their ministries during the week of the 2026 SBC annual meeting.

Asian networks prepare for Orlando

ORLANDO – In addition to 10 culture-specific Asian fellowships in the Southern Baptist Convention, there are two that cross several cultures, and a research network that expands to all ethnicities.

Wide range of SBC ethnic fellowships to meet in Orlando

ORLANDO – The 2020 U.S. Census data provides population counts of 313 race and ethnicity groups living in the United States, plus 1,187 American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) tribes and villages.

Clint Pressley urges prayers for country in concert with May 17 Washington event

WASHINGTON (BP) – Southern Baptist Convention President Clint Pressley is urging pastors to lead their congregations in prayer for the nation May 17 in concert with a religious outreach in Washington celebrating the semiquincentennial.

African American Fellowship joins others from Black diaspora in first joint dinner

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP) – Marking a first, the National African American Fellowship (NAAF) and other Black diaspora groups will celebrate jointly in a Black Collective Dinner Monday, June 8, in advance of the Southern Baptist Convention 2026 Annual Meeting in Orlando.