Drive-By Pastoral Prayer Time
This week, a pastor sat in a chair at the local park with a sign that read, “How Can I Pray for You, Today?” Over the next couple hours, he had a couple of dozen people come through seeking prayer or just looking for a
BJC Analysis: The COVID-19 Stimulus Packages and Houses of Worship
Baptists don’t and shouldn’t look first to the government for how to overcome most difficulties. Our commitment to the separation of church and state is rooted in our theology and our history, neither of which is changed by government efforts to provide relief in a
States Debate Coronavirus Exemptions for Churches as Worship Services Spark Outbreaks
Some church leaders are pushing for religious exemptions to state bans on mass gatherings. — and a couple pastors have even been arrested for defying bans. Amid this nationwide debate, Missouri Governor Mike Parson shifted course on religious exemptions after an April 2 press
This Year’s CBF General Assembly to Be Virtual
CBF Executive Coordinator Paul Baxley released a statement today (April 2) announcing that the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Governing Board approved his recommendation to transition this year's CBF General Assembly to "a virtual experience."
Indian Baptists Minister Amid Coronavirus, Lockdown
As coronavirus started growing in the world’s second-most populous country, India’s government responded March 24 with a nationwide lockdown to prevent the pandemic’s spread in the congested nation — a disruptive response that created even more ministry needs for Baptists there to address.
Spring Without Easter
There’s a famous line in C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe where a character laments that because of the White Witch’s rule over the land of Narnia, it is “always Winter but never Christmas.” But, what about a Spring without Easter?
Second Pastor Has Been Charged with Violating Public Orders Against Large Gatherings
For the second time in two days, police have charged a pastor with defying public orders against large gatherings by holding church services with hundreds of members.
Church Selects Pastor Virtually Amid Coronavirus
Nolan Porter is excited to become the next senior pastor at University Heights Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri — and he’s also excited to eventually meet the congregants there. On Sunday (March 29), Porter preached in view of a call at UHBC, but with coronavirus
More Than Half of Americans Have Prayed for the End of Coronavirus, Poll Finds
According to a Pew Research Center survey published March 30, evangelicals are among the most likely to say that they have prayed for an end to the virus, with 82 percent saying they’ve done so. Among religious “nones,” 36 percent say they have prayed about
The Religious Right’s Hostility to Science Is Crippling Our Coronavirus Response
A denial of science and critical thinking among religious ultraconservatives now haunts the American response to the coronavirus crisis.