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Not giving up: Suicidal woman finds hope through IMB Facebook ad

Sara (pictured, far right) meets with the pastor and his wife (pictured, left and center) from Dunnottar Baptist Church near her home. After they visited her, Doug and Patti connected Sara to a local church where she found fellowship and enjoyed worshipping with other believers. (Photo credit: IMB)

Not giving up: Suicidal woman finds hope through IMB Facebook ad

September 10, 2024

By Kristen SosebeeInternatinal Mission Board On the morning of July 27, 2024, at 11:17, a message appeared on Mary’s screen: “It’s hard.” Mary, a volunteer…

Churches respond after deadly Georgia school shooting

Students gather on the Apalachee High School football field Sept. 4, some praying in the end zone, after a shooting left four dead and nine injured. (Photo credit: WSBTV)

Churches respond after deadly Georgia school shooting

September 5, 2024

Retired ministry duo keeps sharing Gospel at assisted living community

Crawford Williams and Price Harris have continued ministry past retirement by leading weekly chapel services at The Glen assisted living community. Through their obedience, the two men since 2021 have seen attendance not only grow from 12 to an average of 40, but some have come into a relationship with Christ. (Photo credit: Baptist Message)

Retired ministry duo keeps sharing Gospel at assisted living community

August 28, 2024

Is your church ready to handle a crisis?

Is your church ready to handle a crisis?

August 22, 2024

Christian movies useful as discipleship and evangelism tool, churchgoers say

Christian movies useful as discipleship and evangelism tool, churchgoers say

August 21, 2024

Trump, pro-life leaders at
odds in recent developments
NASHVILLE (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter Jan. 16 calling for President Trump’s action on recent issues that have brought friction between the pro-life movement and an administration historically supportive of it. Trump’s terms in the White House have been consequential for the pro-life movement, to say the least. Shortly after taking office last year, he enforced the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of abortions. He reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy. Perhaps most of all, the appointment of three pro-life Supreme Court justices in his first term led to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Last week, however, the president said conservative Republicans need to be “flexible” regarding Hyde during across-the-aisle negotiations over health care. Hyde has factored in debates on Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired last year. Conservatives, of course, didn’t like the idea, which led the White House to walk back the president’s comments. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved another generic abortion drug last fall. Chemical abortions account for 63 percent of all abortions, per a 2023 study by the Guttmacher Institute. This week, it was revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood through Title X that had been withheld since last spring as part of a move by lawmakers to defund abortion providers for at least one year. Trump told reporters he was unaware of those disbursements. Hollingsworth described the Hyde Amendment as “not up for debate.”