Thursday, June 18, 2020

• 'It's on me,' SBC leaders and pastors say of baptism decline

  by Brandon Elrod, posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

  NAMB photo

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- Several Southern Baptist leaders, missionaries and pastors are voicing a unified response to the continuing decline of baptisms across the Southern Baptist Convention: "It's on me."

  In the face of a steady, 20-year decline, a new video released by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) emphasizes the need for Southern Baptists to take both responsibility and action for sharing the Gospel in North America. Read More

• Religious conservatives look to the next Supreme Court rulings on religious liberty

  by Yonat Shimron, posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

  AP file photo/Jose Luis Magana

  WASHINGTON (AP/RNS) -- Religious conservatives lost a culture war battle over gay and transgender rights in the workplace this week.

  In a 6-3 ruling Monday (June 15), the Supreme Court said the rights of gay and transgender people are protected from workplace discrimination. The ruling was a defeat to religious conservatives who wish to hold on to traditional definitions of sexuality. Read More

• Juneteenth gaining traction among churches, governments

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

  Screen capture from FBC Crestmont

  WILLOW GROVE, Pa. (BP) -- Less than 30 miles north of the iconic Liberty Bell, which allegedly tolled to announce the public reading of the 1776 Declaration of Independence, African American pastor Jerome Coleman leads First Baptist Church of Crestmont in Willow Grove.

  2020 marks the first time in his 12 years of leadership the Southern Baptist church is commemorating Juneteenth, or June 19th, the day in 1865 when enslaved black people in Galveston, Texas, were informed by Union troops that they were free. Juneteenth came a full 901 days after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in January 1863, and nearly a century after the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence. Read More

• Court rules against DACA revocation

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday (June 18) the Trump administration erred in the way -- not in the fact -- it rescinded a program for certain undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Handy dad, handy sons

  by Jamie Dew, posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

  Jamie Dew cherishes memories made learning how to do odd jobs with his father and now looks to pass on those memories to his own sons. Read More

• Bible Study: Be kind to neighbors

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

  As our confidence in God grows, so too should our desire to demonstrate kindness to neighbors, living in light of the blessings of God. Read More

• Se insta a investigar los derechos civiles de los límites estatales impuestos a las iglesias

  Por Tom Strode, posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

  Foto captura de la pantalla en hawley.senate.gov

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Un senador de los Estados Unidos ha solicitado una investigación federal de los derechos civiles de los estados que continúan poniendo limitaciones estrictas a las reuniones religiosas durante la pandemia del coronavirus (COVID-19) a la vez que permiten protestas masivas sobre el homicidio de George Floyd a manos de un policía.

  Mientras tanto, los líderes bautistas del sur instaron a los oficiales públicos a tratar los servicios de alabanza igual que a eventos similares mientras ceden en las restricciones derivadas de la pandemia. Read More

• En histórica elección, el Comité Ejecutivo de la SBC elige al primer presidente afroamericano

  Por Diana Chandler , posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- El Comité Ejecutivo de la Convención Bautista del Sur (SBC) eligió a su primer presidente afroamericano en una reunión especialmente convocada el martes (16 de junio).

  Rolland Slade, pastor de Meridian Baptist Church en El Cajon, California, no tuvo oposición como presidente del CE y fue unánimemente elegido a través de voto en la boleta. El presidente saliente Mike Stone pidió la voto en la boleta, dijo, para marcar el momento histórico. Read More

• Líderes afroamericanos les piden a los bautistas del sur que se mantengan en unidad

  Por Tess Schoonhoven , posted Thursday, June 18, 2020 (one year ago)

  

  SBC gráfico

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Llamando a la inquietud racial que agita la nación una "guerra espiritual," y diciendo "a menos que los corazones cambien, nada va a cambiar en Estados Unidos," el pastor de Philadelphia K. Marshall Williams urgió a los bautistas del sur a mantenerse en unidad en contra de la injusticia.

  "El mundo está esperando que nos unamos," dijo Williams, pastor sénior de Nazarene Baptist Church de Philadelphia. "Porque amados, la verdad sea dicha, esto es solo un ensayo para cuando nos reunamos alrededor del trono. Creo que quizá Dios nos está desnudando. Yo no sé ustedes, pero este ha sido un tiempo de quitarme las vestiduras, un tiempo de poda para mí, ... Read More