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SBC President Greear announces 2021 Annual Meeting theme

SBC President Greear announces 2021 Annual Meeting theme

September 17, 2020

DURHAM, N.C. (BP) — Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear announced Sept. 14 that the theme for the 2021 annual meeting will be “We Are…

NAMB launches new racial reconciliation resource for churches

Dhati Lewis, vice president of the North American Mission Board’s church planting arm, Send Network, interacts with other leaders during the filming of Undvided: More than a Hashtag. The resource is a series of five video sessions with dialogue between churches leaders about racial reconciliation. (NAMB photo)

NAMB launches new racial reconciliation resource for churches

August 27, 2020

Churches helping students thrive as COVID-19 delays school reopenings

Churches helping students thrive as COVID-19 delays school reopenings

August 26, 2020

California Disaster Relief stymied during fires as COVID-19 impacts response protocol

Screen capture from CBS News.

California Disaster Relief stymied during fires as COVID-19 impacts response protocol

August 24, 2020

Vehicle of missing pastor’s wife found in Arkansas

Marilane Carter (second from right) is pictured with her family before her disappearance in the Memphis area on Aug. 2. (Submitted photo)

Vehicle of missing pastor’s wife found in Arkansas

August 19, 2020

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.”