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The Church is not the Church

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I received this question on the Faith on View Facebook page a while back. I value your musings on this question because you have a diverse background and perspective which I feel enables you to …

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AJ Willingham of CNN writes that more women than ever have entered into positions of leadership in churches across the United States in the past few decades. Such moves have often been controversial as leadership …

The Southern Baptist Convention faced the departure of one of its largest congregations due to tensions within the denomination regarding the role of women in the pulpit. Elevation Church, based in Matthews, North Carolina, sent …

Christian Care Ministry/Medi-Share, the prominent health care sharing ministry in the United States, recently introduced new pastors to its Pastors’ Alliance program during the Southern Baptist Convention held in New Orleans. With nearly 19,000 messengers …

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“If religion is messy, we are a nation of slobs.” So writes Liz Bucar in the introduction to her book, Stealing My Religion. This thought gives me pause as I reflect on the current state …

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During the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Messengers approved a resolution that denounces gender transition as a direct challenge to the established order created by God. The resolution specifically calls for state-level bans on gender …

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Short Description: Some non-SBC Christians may disagree with the denomination’s vote to exclude any congregation that allows women to be ordained, but no one is forcing any individual Baptist church to continue to walk in …

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Peter Smith and Deepa Bharath of NBC Philadelphia write that a final decision by the Southern Baptist Convention has rejected an appeal from California’s Saddleback megachurch and Kentucky’s smaller Fern Creek Baptist church over expulsion …

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According to a new study by Lifeway Research, almost half a million members departed from the Southern Baptist Convention in 2022. The report reveals that the number of members in the SBC dropped from 13.68 …

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Known as Southern Baptist Convention’s largest church, the Saddleback Church has been removed from the denomination because of its decision to ordain female pastors like Stacie Wood, the wife of Andy Wood, the new lead …