Conservative Baptist Network promotes conspiracy-laden film to be shown on Mid-America Seminary’s campus

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Conservative Baptist Network promotes conspiracy-laden film to be shown on Mid-America Seminary’s campus

An independent film that appears to attack Southern Baptist Convention seminaries as part of the liberalization of American Christianity will be shown this weekend at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis.

Texas Baptists ‘affirm’ women while making gender an article of faith

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Texas Baptists ‘affirm’ women while making gender an article of faith

The Baptist General Convention of Texas has “affirmed” women as contributors to God’s work while also adopting a new faith statement that — mixed in with core historic Baptist beliefs — says “gender is a gift from God who creates humankind male and female in the divine image and likeness” and that “biblical marriage (is) one man and one woman in a covenant relationship with the Lord and with one another.”

Racism-induced trauma creates hopelessness in Black communities, scholars say

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Racism-induced trauma creates hopelessness in Black communities, scholars say

As he consults with Black congregations, Black church scholar Lewis Brogdon often advises them to prioritize adding a mental health professional to their staffs.

Conservative Baptist Network launches attack on James Merritt for saying something nice about his son

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Conservative Baptist Network launches attack on James Merritt for saying something nice about his son

One of the groups aiming to take the Southern Baptist Convention in a more conservative direction continues to sound the alarm about liberalism in the nation’s largest non-Catholic Christian denomination and now has attacked one of the icons of the last “conservative resurgence” in the SBC because his son is gay.

This progressive church reviewed its history and discovered it hadn’t ‘shown up’ very often on racial issues

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This progressive church reviewed its history and discovered it hadn’t ‘shown up’ very often on racial issues

Anyone entering the sanctuary of Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., for the first time will inevitably leave talking one thing above all — the beauty of the stained-glass windows on all sides of the English Gothic-style worship space.