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WASHINGTON (BP) -- A historian, an ethicist and a pastor -- all Baptists -- displayed a difference of opinion on the usefulness of the word "evangelical" and the state of evangelicalism in an Oct. 29 conversation at the Museum of the Bible.

RICHMOND, Va. — “I literally was born into domestic violence,” Jocelyn Henry-Whitehead quietly reflected. “My father was a pastor; my mother was a pastor’s wife. I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and our home was just total chaos. “Every day, I always walked on eggshells as a child.”

The suicide rate in the U.S. has been increasing for a decade and rising sharply among children aged 10-14, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report published Oct. 17.

MOBILE, Ala. (BP) -- Reid Guy, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Chickasaw, Ala., doesn't want to be a statistic. "Statistics show that 100 churches across our country close their doors every week," he said. "And we don't think God is ready for us to be one of those 100."

As the Missouri Baptist Convention met for its annual meeting in Branson, Missouri,messengers were met with anonymous attack filers, public airing of disagreements in convention speeches, and implicit legal threats, continuing a nearly-yearlong controversy regarding a professor fired by Southwest Baptist University.

(RNS) — “Devastating news today,” Jules Woodson tweeted over the weekend. “My abuser is back in the pulpit.”

As the Missouri Baptist Convention’s annual meeting starts today (Oct. 28), leaders are at odds with a Baptist school in the state, with . While the MBC demands Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, adopt changes to its governance documents, the two groups are disagreeing about trustees for the school.

Southern Baptists in Missouri will gather in Branson at the Branson Convention Center Oct. 28-29  for their 185th annual meeting at the Branson Convention Center for reports, business, meetings, and worship.

CHINA (BP) -- China has freed an imprisoned Christian but continues a reign of persecution including church demolitions and restrictions barring foreign students from worship, religious liberty advocates reported.

HOUSTON (BP) -- The Union Baptist Association (UBA) of Houston is investing in the lives of Hispanic pastors, their spouses and church leaders through a two-year process named "Lideres Transformadores," or Transformative Leaders.