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Oct 28, 2024 · The chairman of trustees — and chairman of the presidential search committee — at the IMB when Platt was elected was David Uth, pastor at First Baptist Orlando, Fla. Uth’s second in command at First Baptist Orlando was Danny De Armas, who simultaneously chaired the trustee board at the SBC North American Mission Board.

Jan 24, 2024 · Ben Carson, the doctor and author who served in Trump’s cabinet as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, has been campaigning for Trump and is rumored to be up for a position in the next Trump administration should there be one.. Trump “has just been a friend of religion and of faith,” said Carson, one of the few former Trump cabinet members to back the former president, while 17 ...

Feb 13, 2018 · Our congregation went through 18 months of intense study, prayer and dialogue about LGBTQ inclusion, and we have the scars to show for it. And we would have had scars regardless of which way the decision went. But we are better for choosing the good over the easy.

Amanda Tyler is one of a dozen women highlighted by Sojourners as “revolutionary women shaping the church” in 2025. Tyler leads BJC, also known as Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, based in Washington, D.C.

Apr 14, 2023 · The firm belief of far-right Republicans that Donald Trump is a God-anointed messianic figure, sent to save America from the wicked agenda of the Democrats to destroy our “traditional values” and establish a godless, anti-Christian government.

Oct 28, 2024 · Note: This story was updated Oct. 29 with additional comments from church leaders. One of the most prominent Baptist churches in Texas quietly quit the Southern Baptist Convention Oct. 27 — part of an unnoticed trend that’s hard to document on a national level.. While updating its bylaws, Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas removed reference to …

“Reproductive justice” is a term coined by Black women activists in the 1990s to recognize the intersections of race, class, sexuality, nation and gender in reproductive health and decision-making.. SisterSong, an organization that fights for reproductive justice, defines the term as “ the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not …

Oct 6, 2022 · A group battling Christian nationalism has released a list of 20 “false prophets” it claims “routinely hijack faith for political purposes.”. The new effort by Faithful America doesn’t deal in generalisms but names names. The list is published online at AmericanFalseProphets.org, along with bios and additional information about each …

Dec 18, 2024 · When Jeremiah and Laura Burke produced their documentary about Pastor David Platt, they never imagined it would reach a global audience. Released in fall 2023, the film has garnered more than 100,000 views on Conversations that Matter alone, with additional viewership across other platforms.. An earlier BNG article about the documentary — The Real David Platt: The Hijacking of McLean Bible ...