Stories tagged with: protests

• Despite unrest, Portland pastors see the Gospel moving in the city

  by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Friday, July 31, 2020 (2 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Clay Holcomb

  PORTLAND, Ore. (BP) -- "Don't give up on Portland. This is a place filled with people that Christ has died for," pleaded Aaron Bennett, pastor of Garden Church in downtown Portland.

  Bennett said news in recent weeks from the city, which has been roiled by unrest, protesting and violence, might tempt some in the Christian community to regard it as hopeless. But according to Bennett, the hunger for the Gospel and the need for peace and hope has never been greater. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Is 2020 America's Babel?

  by Ryan Smith, posted Thursday, June 25, 2020 (2 years ago)

  

  Despite our advancements and opportunities, this year has shown us that we are still plagued by the same elementary sins that bared their teeth in Eden, Ryan Smith says. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: How U.S. protests affect European missions

  by Lucas Wilburn*, posted Wednesday, June 24, 2020 (2 years ago)

  

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  As the COVID-19 crisis seems to wind down in Europe, many Europeans are angry, scared and confused, an IMB worker says, adding: "As missionaries, we can provide some life-changing answers." Read More

• Baptists join diverse group of faith leaders in Chicago march

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, June 03, 2020 (2 years ago)

  

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  CHICAGO (BP) -- They gathered in Chicago's historic Bronzeville neighborhood at the Great Northern Migration Monument, which was erected to honor the African American diaspora from the Jim Crow South of the 20th century.

  Pastors and rabbis led throngs Tuesday (June 2) in a peaceful march that stretched nearly 30 blocks, crying out for justice for George Floyd and an end to historical injustice against blacks. Read More

• Cities erupt in more violence as Trump decries 'lowlifes'

  by Zeke Miller and Matt Sedensky, posted Tuesday, June 02, 2020 (3 years ago)

  

  Photo by Matt Slocum/AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned up the pressure on governors to quell the violence set off by the death of George Floyd, demanding New York call up the National Guard to stop the "lowlifes and losers."

  As cities around the U.S. witnessed a seventh consecutive night of both peaceful demonstrations and bursts of looting, vandalism and attacks on police – the attacks included multiple officers shot in several cities – the president amplified his calls of a day earlier, in which he threatened to send in the military to restore order if governors didn't do it. Read More

• Hong Kong Christians: Bill's removal not enough

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, September 04, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  HONG KONG (BP) -- The withdrawal of an extradition bill that threatened religious freedom in Hong Kong is not enough to satisfy Christians and others amid protests there, a Christian advocate told Baptist Press Wednesday (Sept. 4).

  "Their anger lies with the excessive use of police/force, police brutality, and prosecution of protestors or activists in the past few months," International Christian Concern's (ICC) Gina Goh told BP. Read More

• Hong Kong Christians fear China persecution

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, August 13, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  HONG KONG (BP) -- A proposed extradition law sparking violent protests at Hong Kong's airport would make it easier for China to persecute Hong Kong Christians, a religious freedom advocate told Baptist Press.

  Christians, who comprise about 10 percent of Hong Kong residents, are participating in the protests while promoting peaceful resistance, said Gina Goh, International Christian Concern's regional manager for Southeast Asia. Read More

• Prayer in troubled Charlotte counters 'hurt, anger'

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, September 22, 2016 (6 years ago)

  

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  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP) -- "Hurt" and "anger" have met with prayer in troubled Charlotte, N.C., where Southern Baptist pastors are praying and encouraging peace and reason amid violent protests and a declared state of emergency after the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott.

  Christians of various denominations held prayer services today (Sept. 22) and yesterday after police shot and killed 43-year-old Scott, a black man, while looking for a suspect in an unrelated incident. Charlotte policeman Brentley Vinson, also black, has been identified as the officer who fired the fatal shot among officers at the scene. Read More

• Planned Parenthood protest includes seminary contingent

  by James A. Smith Sr. , posted Monday, August 24, 2015 (7 years ago)

  

  Photo by James A. Smith Sr.

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Students, faculty and staff from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary bolstered 500 pro-life protesters at Louisville's Planned Parenthood office Aug. 22, part of a nationwide effort in 320 cities to bring public attention to the nation's leading abortion provider in the wake of undercover videos released since July by the Center for Medical Progress.

  The protest was part of a nationwide effort in 320 cities to bring public attention to the nation's leading abortion provider in the wake of eight undercover videos ... Read More