Baptist Press Archive

Thursday, July 16, 2020

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  • Stories of hope and salvation motivate children's ministers

    by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Thursday, July 16, 2020 (2 years ago)

    Photo by Adam Covington
    MAYHILL, N.M. (BP) -- The landscape of every ministry has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet, finding ways to get the good news of the Gospel to the hearts of people is an unchanging priority, according to Matt Henslee, pastor of Mayhill Baptist Church in Mayhill, N.M.

    That includes the hearts of children too. Inquisitive young voices are still asking questions, many times prompted by the changes they've observed in their world and their family routines. Read More

  • Nevada urges US Supreme Court to deny church's virus appeal
    by Scott Sonner, posted Thursday, July 16, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada's lawyers urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a rural church's appeal to the state's 50-person cap on attendance at worship services.

    The lawyers claim the church's assertion that the restriction infringes on the constitutional right to exercise religious beliefs is false, arguing that protecting Nevadans against the spread of the coronavirus weighs "heavily against injunctive relief." Read More

  • John Crist marks return with online video message
    by Jonathan Howe, posted Thursday, July 16, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Disgraced Christian comedian John Crist has returned to public life more than eight months after an admission to "sexual sin and addiction struggles" sidelined his career.

    In a 4-minute, 39-second video released online Wednesday (July 15), Crist acknowledged poor choices yet did not specifically apologize for the actions that led to his fall from grace. Instead he stated that he had made "a lot of poor choices in [his] personal life" and a lot of decisions that hurt himself and other people. Read More

  • LifeWay offers free resources for Children's Ministry Day
    by Joy Allmond, posted Thursday, July 16, 2020 (2 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- When 9-year-old Zac McCullar presented a motion at the 2018 Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Annual Meeting to add Children's Ministry Day to the denominational calendar, he likely never imagined how children's ministry would look just two years later.

    Despite a pandemic with social distancing rules and modified activities, Children's Ministry Day -- which falls on Sunday (July 19) -- should still be observed and celebrated in our churches, said Jana Magruder, director of LifeWay Kids. Maybe more so than ever. Read More

  • Bible Study: God's wisdom or our own?
    by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, July 16, 2020 (2 years ago)

    King Solomon emphasized that judgment awaits those who follow their own mind, but blessings comes from relying on God's wisdom. Human ingenuity will lead to death. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Discipleship for our new normal
    by Jack Lucas, posted Thursday, July 16, 2020 (2 years ago)

    "How can you be constructive about your 'virtual time' -- now that it's taking up an even larger part of your life?" Jack Lucas asks. Let's not neglect discipleship now, even though our methods and our questions will be different. Read More