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Anglican dean urges Tasmanian government to stick to mandatory pokies pre-commitment card as independent MP calls for conscience vote
1 month, 1 week ago

Anglican dean urges Tasmanian government to stick to mandatory pokies pre-commitment card as independent MP calls for conscience vote

ABC  

The Anglican Dean of Hobart has called on the Tasmanian government to stand by its promise to introduce mandatory pre-commitment cards for poker machines. Pokies pre-commitment cards delayed Photo shows the finger of a person hovering above a poker machine about to hit one of the buttons Tasmanian's mandatory card system was due to begin operating by the end of …

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Southern Baptist trustees back agency president but warn against needless controversy
3 months, 1 week ago

Southern Baptist trustees back agency president but warn against needless controversy

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Less than two months after the Southern Baptists’ policy arm issued an embarrassing retraction of an announcement of its leader’s firing, it gave him a strong vote of confidence this week — but with a caution against stirring unnecessary controversy. “The world and Southern Baptists need to hear that.” His words echoed a formal statement issued by …

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Alarmed by embryo destruction, Southern Baptists urge caution on IVF by couples and government
6 months, 1 week ago

Alarmed by embryo destruction, Southern Baptists urge caution on IVF by couples and government

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos often results in “destruction of embryonic human life.” They urged members to carefully weigh the ethical implications of the technology while also expressing sympathy with couples “who experience the searing pain …

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Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any women pastors
6 months, 1 week ago

Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any women pastors

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with women pastors in their constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the denomination already has a way of ousting such churches. It was the final day of the SBC’s two-day annual meeting in Indianapolis where Southern Baptists have also elected a new convention …

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Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any female pastors
6 months, 1 week ago

Southern Baptists narrowly reject formal ban on churches with any female pastors

LA Times  

Southern Baptists narrowly rejected a proposal Wednesday to enshrine a ban on churches with female pastors in the denomination’s constitution after opponents argued it was unnecessary because the denomination already has a way of ousting such churches. It is the final day of the SBC’s two-day annual meeting in Indianapolis where Southern Baptists have also elected a new convention president …

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Donald Trump urges anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for ‘innocent life’
6 months, 1 week ago

Donald Trump urges anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for ‘innocent life’

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump on Monday urged a staunchly anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for “innocent life,” ambiguously revisiting an issue that Democrats want to make a focus of this year’s presidential election. Donald Trump urges anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for ‘innocent life’ The former president and presumptive Republican nominee’s pre-recorded message praised the work of those attending the …

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Donald Trump tells a group that calls for banning all abortions to stand up for ‘innocent life’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump tells a group that calls for banning all abortions to stand up for ‘innocent life’

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — Donald Trump on Monday urged a staunchly anti-abortion Christian group to stand up for “innocent life,” ambiguously revisiting an issue that Democrats want to make a focus of this year’s presidential election. H. Sharayah Colter, spokesperson for The Danbury Institute, said in a statement that the presidential race was a “binary choice” and said Trump has “demonstrated a …

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Trump tells staunchly antiabortion group to stand up for ‘innocent life’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump tells staunchly antiabortion group to stand up for ‘innocent life’

LA Times  

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Phoenix this month. H. Sharayah Colter, spokesperson for the Danbury Institute, said in a statement that the presidential race was a “binary choice” and said Trump has “demonstrated a willingness to protect the value of life even when politically unpopular.” And Mohler, who leads the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., …

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Southern Baptists poised to ban churches with women pastors amid pleas to reconsider
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Southern Baptists poised to ban churches with women pastors amid pleas to reconsider

LA Times  

People attend the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Nashville in 2021. On a recent Sunday, its pastor for women and children, Kim Eskridge, urged members to invite friends and neighbors to an upcoming vacation Bible school — an annual Baptist activity — to help “reach families in the community with the gospel.” But because that pastor is a woman, …

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Southern Baptists pick a California seminary president to lead its troubled administrative body
9 months ago

Southern Baptists pick a California seminary president to lead its troubled administrative body

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jeff Iorg, the longtime president of the Southern Baptist …

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Southern Baptists oust one church for having woman pastor, two others over sexual-abuse policy
10 months ago

Southern Baptists oust one church for having woman pastor, two others over sexual-abuse policy

Associated Press  

The Southern Baptist Convention’s top administrative body voted Tuesday to oust four congregations — one for having a woman as senior minister, two for what it said were failures related to the denomination’s sexual-abuse policy and one for lack of financial participation. Katie McKown to serve with and among us.” It cited Baptist tenets emphasizing the autonomy of congregations and …

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'It's not a minority!': Morning Joe snaps at evangelical blowing off far-right Christian extremism
1 year, 4 months ago

'It's not a minority!': Morning Joe snaps at evangelical blowing off far-right Christian extremism

Raw Story  

Reacting to comments from Christian leader Russell Moore that pastors nationwide are growing alarmed by the number of members of their congregations who appear to heed the words of Donald Trump over Jesus Christ, a Christian author tried to downplay the report which led "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough to snap at him. So, you know, with the digital age, …

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Opinion: What is the Southern Baptists’ problem with women?
1 year, 6 months ago

Opinion: What is the Southern Baptists’ problem with women?

LA Times  

Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County, makes an appeal at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday to reinstate his church. “Messengers” of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination ratified the expulsion of two congregations — one of them Saddleback Church in Lake Forest — for condoning the ordination of women. Founded in 1980 …

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Southern Baptists turn their backs on O.C.’s Saddleback Church over its female pastors
1 year, 6 months ago

Southern Baptists turn their backs on O.C.’s Saddleback Church over its female pastors

LA Times  

Linda Barnes Popham sings with the choir at Fern Creek Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. The church was expelled from the Southern Baptist Convention along with Orange County’s Saddleback Church for having female pastors. During their annual meeting in New Orleans, Southern Baptist church representatives also voted to uphold the executive committee’s February decision to expel Fern Creek Baptist Church …

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‘A very dangerous course’: What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists
1 year, 9 months ago

‘A very dangerous course’: What Saddleback Church ouster means for Southern Baptists

LA Times  

Pastor Andy Wood and his wife, Stacie, outside Saddleback Church in Lake Forest. Last week the Southern Baptist Convention ousted Saddleback Church, one of its largest and highest-profile member churches, from its ranks. Adam Greenway, who served as the president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from February 2019 to September 2022, was one of many who argued that the …

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Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor
1 year, 10 months ago

Southern Baptists oust Saddleback Church over woman pastor

Associated Press  

The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren — for having a woman pastor. The Executive Committee’s motion said that Saddleback “has a faith and practice that does not closely identify with the Convention’s adopted statement of faith, as demonstrated by the church …

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Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church
2 years, 3 months ago

Southern Baptists cut ties with LGBTQ-friendly church

Associated Press  

The Southern Baptist Convention’s top administrative body voted to cut ties with two congregations on Tuesday — an LGBTQ-friendly church in North Carolina that had itself quit the denomination decades ago and a New Jersey congregation it cited for “alleged discriminatory behavior.” The votes of the Executive Committee came at the end of a two-day meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, even …

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Southern Baptists say denomination faces DOJ investigation
2 years, 4 months ago

Southern Baptists say denomination faces DOJ investigation

Associated Press  

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention said Friday that several of the denomination’s major entities are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice in the wake of its multiple problems related to clergy sex abuse. The statement from SBC leaders — including Executive Committee members, seminary presidents and heads of mission organizations — gave few details …

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Southern Baptists say denomination faces Justice Department investigation
2 years, 4 months ago

Southern Baptists say denomination faces Justice Department investigation

LA Times  

The exterior of the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville. Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention said Friday that several of the denomination’s major entities are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice in the wake of its multiple problems related to clergy sex abuse. The statement from SBC leaders — including executive committee members, seminary presidents and heads …

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Turmoil erupts after Black pastor tells Southern Baptists they became ‘whores for Trump’
2 years, 6 months ago

Turmoil erupts after Black pastor tells Southern Baptists they became ‘whores for Trump’

Raw Story  

A Southern Baptist minister recently accused his fellow pastors of becoming "whores" for Donald Trump -- which elicited howls of protest from some of them. Kevin Smith, pastor at Family Church in West Palm Beach and former executive director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware, spoke the first day at the SBC General Convention, where he accused some ministers of …

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Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers
2 years, 6 months ago

Southern Baptists agree to keep list of accused sex abusers

Associated Press  

ANAHEIM, California — The Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to create a way to track pastors and other church workers credibly accused of sex abuse and launch a new task force to oversee further reforms in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Also Tuesday, the delegates debated but didn’t vote on whether to kick out one of its biggest and …

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Cubans adapt a month after devastating hotel explosion
2 years, 6 months ago

Cubans adapt a month after devastating hotel explosion

Associated Press  

HAVANA — The worshippers pray beneath a torrid sun, taking shelter beneath umbrellas or some of the few trees that border the Amphitheater of Old Havana, just a strip of highway from the channel into the city’s harbor. Hundreds of Baptists have been meeting on open-air bleachers set atop stone tiers for services on recent Sundays because their sanctuary, the …

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Southern Baptist leaders release secret accused abuser list
2 years, 6 months ago

Southern Baptist leaders release secret accused abuser list

Associated Press  

In response to an explosive investigation, top Southern Baptists have released a previously secret list of hundreds of pastors and other church-affiliated personnel accused of sexual abuse. Its existence became widely known Sunday when the independent firm, Guidepost Solutions, included it in its bombshell report detailing how the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee mishandled allegations of sex abuse, stonewalled numerous …

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Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment
2 years, 6 months ago

Op-Ed: The Southern Baptists are having a come-to-Jesus moment

LA Times  

Church leaders kept a list of accused predators among Southern Baptist clergy but did little to nothing in response. When Jesus became exasperated with the religious leaders of his day, he called them “blind guides” who “strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.” In the wake of this week’s searing public revelations of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist …

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