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WEBJD Vance and Al Mohler use fuzzy math to sound an alarm on falling birth rates. Over the past two months since Donald Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate, many people have been surprised to learn about Vance’s demonization of women in the workplace and his strange fascination with large families. Just this past….
Crash-course in Bible history: How the Bible came to be
WEBFeb 14, 2023 · There has been debate about when the Hebrew Bible began to be written down, but the oldest possible manuscripts of a biblical text archaeologists have found are the Ketef Hinnom Scrolls, which were written in the seventh century BCE. They read in Hebrew, “May Yahweh bless you and keep you; May Yahweh cause his face to Shine upon you and grant ...
I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I ...
WEBDec 13, 2022 · According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020. But it’s not just researchers who are talking about this. As of Dec. 6, 2020, the hashtag “#exchristian” had 696.7 million cumulative views on TikTok and was assigned to more than 68,600 posts on ...
After 30 years, the NRSV gets an update: Here’s what that means
WEBMar 15, 2022 · The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, also known as NRSVue, currently is available for digital download and will be published in printed copies later this spring. The update is significant, in part, because the NRSV is a preferred translation for many biblical scholars, seminaries, …
Church ‘religious exemption’ letters against COVID vaccination …
WEBAug 18, 2021 · Churches in California and North Carolina are among those now offering congregants documentation for “religious exemptions” to the COVID-19 vaccine, a practice that is legally dubious and likely ineffective, according to labor lawyers.. The practice has arisen as more employers and schools issue mandates that employees and students must be vaccinated before returning to work or school.
10 things we’re learning about the LGBTQ debate in the church
WEBFeb 13, 2018 · 4. It is important to discuss the actual issue and not use proxies for the issue. Because LGBTQ inclusion in the church is such a difficult topic, and because of the fears outlined above, the conversation sometimes falls to proxy debates to avoid the main difficult debate. These are diversionary tactics that must be labeled for what they are.
‘Pastor Johnny’ is the head of a family empire that feeds off the SBC
WEBMay 22, 2023 · In 2020, Johnny Hunt Ministries reported total revenue of $937,548 and total expenses of $408,088. It’s a New Day Inc. With reported assets of $34,866, this nonprofit feeds several other Hunt-related enterprises. In 2020, It’s a New Day Inc. reported revenue of $194,340 and expenses of $173,926.
Why Beth Moore’s departure from the SBC really matters
WEBMar 10, 2021 · Jeff Straub, professor of historical theology and missions at Central Seminary in Plymouth, Minn., explained the background in a Feb. 28 article posted on the seminary’s website.. Describing a current call for a second “conservative resurgence” within the SBC, he called attention to the Conservative Baptist Network and Founders Ministries — two far-right groups within the right-wing ...
Annual report on Baptist women in ministry finds some gains but …
WEBJun 22, 2022 · Women in ministry continue to feel blocked in their callings and ignored in their ministry settings because they are female, according to an annual report released June 21 by Baptist Women in Ministry. “The State of Women in Baptist Life,” which surveyed 555 female ministers from October to December 2021, found 86% of respondents “feel obstacles due to gender” and 59% “said they are ...
The horror of Let Us Prey may not be as far from home as you think
WEBLet Us Prey traces the IFB movement back to Jack Hyles, who was pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Ind., from 1959 to 2001.Sarah Smith, a reporter with the Houston Chronicle, explained: “In 1959, he decided to break away from all the formal Baptist denominations to be independent.First Baptist Hammond became pretty much the mothership for the IFB.”
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