Posts published in “Guest Opinion”

FIRST PERSON: How to weather a dry spell in prayer

FIRST PERSON: How to weather a dry spell in prayer

March 21, 2024

By Kie BowmanThe Baptist Press The 20th century was witness to some remarkable lives, but few were so universally admired as the Albanian nun known…

FIRST PERSON: 7 things that will happen in your church with the death of the Baby Boomers

FIRST PERSON: 7 things that will happen in your church with the death of the Baby Boomers

March 14, 2024

FIRST PERSON: 10 reasons why churches get stuck, stop growing

FIRST PERSON: 10 reasons why churches get stuck, stop growing

March 5, 2024

FIRST PERSON: Remembering God’s faithfulness and goodness as a special needs parent

Mason is all smiles at the 2023 annual NICU reunion at Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women in Memphis, Tennessee, where he spent the first 139 days of his life. (Photo credit: Lauren C. Grim/The Baptist Paper)

FIRST PERSON: Remembering God’s faithfulness and goodness as a special needs parent

January 18, 2024

FIRST PERSON: Too many churches are spiritless; here are some solutions

FIRST PERSON: Too many churches are spiritless; here are some solutions

January 2, 2024

ERLC releases practical
guide addressing artificial
reproductive technologies
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has released a new practical guide designed to help churches navigate the topic of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). The free guide, released Tuesday (Feb. 24), is titled “Desiring Children: A Practical Guide to Addressing Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Church.” It contains a theological framework addressing the topic of ARTs from a biblical worldview and offers answers to practical scenarios that ministry leaders may face or have faced regarding the topic. The guide also contains a list of additional resources on ARTs from a variety of Christian sources. The guide was written by the ERLC research team, led by RaShan Frost, ERLC director of research and senior fellow. “The desire to have children of one’s own is a good and natural desire that recognizes the gift sons and daughters are to our families and our societies. Unfortunately, due to the fall in Genesis 3, the desire to have children is often complicated by the devastating reality of infertility,” Frost wrote in the guide’s forward.