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Alabama pastor Ed Litton elected new president of the Southern Baptist Convention

Alabama pastor Ed Litton elected new president of the Southern Baptist Convention

June 16, 2021

NASHVILLE (BP and local reports) – Ed Litton, senior pastor of Redemption Church in Saraland, Ala., was elected the new president of the Southern Baptist…

Woman’s Missionary Union taps New Mexico leader Dixon as new president

Woman’s Missionary Union taps New Mexico leader Dixon as new president

June 14, 2021

Send Conference prior to SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville draws thousands to learn, worship

SEND CONFERENCE CELEBRATION -- Surprise guest CeCe Winans (front, left) joined Michael W. Smith (front, right) to perform the Andraé Crouch classic, Jesus Is the Way, in the opening session of the 2021 Send Conference June 13 at Music City Center in Nashville. The Send Conference precedes the opening session of the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention on the morning of June 15. (BP photo)

Send Conference prior to SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville draws thousands to learn, worship

June 14, 2021

Calls made for investigation of SBC Executive Committee actions on sexual abuse policy development

June 11, 2021

ALERT: Churches victimized nationwide by growing mail theft scam

ALERT: Churches victimized nationwide by growing mail theft scam

June 10, 2021

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.”