by Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | General
(RNS) — One of the most important stories coming out of the 2020 presidential election is that the United States will soon swear in its first female vice president. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris noted this in her victory speech on Nov. 7, when she said, “But...
by Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | General
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says the Christmas season provides reason for hope amid the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic. During his Sunday blessing, Francis noted that the Vatican’s Christmas tree had gone up last week in St. Peter’s Square, and...
by Admin | Dec 21, 2020 | General
Dec. 9, 2020 by Luis Andres Henao, David Crary, & Jessie Wardarski, AP NOEL, Mo. (AP) — Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. One is mostly White; the other hosts services in five languages for a flock that spans the...
by Jeremy Bell | Dec 21, 2020 | General
Republished with permission from Word & Way. On Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving, vandals attacked Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church, a historic Black Baptist church in rural Callaway County, Missouri. The damage, which included the shattering...
by Jeremy Bell | Dec 21, 2020 | General
Republished with permission from Word & Way. The angriest I ever saw one of my former ministry bosses and mentors came after someone wrote a column suggesting a conflict in Baptist life could be over if people just prayed more. As someone leading a new...
by Jeremy Bell | Dec 21, 2020 | General
(RNS) — A pastor pursuing a doctorate at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, announced in an editorial Wednesday (Dec. 16) that he was withdrawing from his degree program and severing his megachurch’s affiliation with the Southern Baptist...
