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5 faith facts about Biden VP contender Kamala Harris — a Black Baptist with Hindu family

Kamala Harris
by: Yonat Shimron Aug. 11, 2020 (RNS) — Few, if any, vice presidential candidates have had as much exposure to the world’s religions as Kamala Harris, the 55-year-old senator fromRead More

Addressing a virtual gathering of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, a predominantly Black Protestant denomination...

Biden quotes Bible at Black church meeting, while Trump says his rival is ‘against God’

Joe Biden
by: Jack Jenkins Aug. 6, 2020 (RNS) — On Thursday afternoon (Aug 6), President Trump declared in Cleveland that his Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, would create anRead More

Marilane Carter was last seen Sunday (Aug. 2) in video at a hotel in West Plains, Missouri...

Kansas pastor Adam Carter asks for help to #FindMarilane after his wife goes missing en route to Alabama

Marilane Carter poster
by: Emily McFarlan Miller Aug. 7, 2020 (RNS) — A Kansas pastor is asking for help to find his wife, who reportedly went missing while traveling to seek help forRead More

More than 40 members, including Pastor Darryl Ross, contracted the virus after the church's annual revival during the week of July 19.

COVID outbreak of more than 40 cases tied to revival at rural Alabama church

by Grace Thornton STRAWBERRY, Ala., July 28, 2020 (BP) — James Carson has watched the church he loves go through a lot in the past two years. When its buildingRead More

During his studies at American Baptist Theological Seminary, now American Baptist College (ABC), he learned the principles of nonviolent protest...

John Lewis remembered as humble leader who loved friends and enemies

John Lewis marching
by Diana Chandler NASHVILLE, July 20, 2020 (BP) — The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, an ordained preacher who studied theology at a college co-founded by the Southern Baptist Convention,Read More

News of Powell’s death was shared on social media by Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

Texas church planter John Powell killed in accident

John Powell
by: Bob Smietana July 19, 2020 (RNS) —  John Powell, a church planter and pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in New Caney, Texas, was killed in a highway accident SaturdayRead More

But Pastor Micaiah Irmler, one of two San Jose pastors jointly suing the Santa Clara County for limiting churches during the pandemic, said he plans to defy the latest order.

California churches ordered to cancel indoor worship in at least 30 counties

Southridge Church
by Diana Chandler FRESNO, Calif., July 14, 2020 (BP) — Many California Southern Baptist pastors will likely find ways to continue to worship while obeying Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Monday (JulyRead More

In their letter, [Russell] Moore and the other EIT members asked Trump to urge leaders in Congress "publicly and consistently" to adopt a measure that establishes a pathway for Dreamers...

Moore, others ask Trump not to rescind DACA

DACA support
by Tom Strode WASHINGTON, July 9, 2020 (BP) — Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore and other evangelical Christian leaders have asked President Trump to hold off on another effort toRead More

[T]he broader SBC and white Southern Baptists decreased in all categories...

Southern Baptists report growth among ethnic minorities despite declines in broader SBC

by Diana Chandler NASHVILLE, June 25, 2020 (BP) — The Southern Baptist Convention is growing in three key metrics among ethnic minority fellowships despite a continuing decline among the broaderRead More

Mississippi Baptists ask Legislature to remove Confederate symbol from state flag

Mississippi flag
by Diana Chandler EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to indicate the Mississippi state flag was adopted in 1894. JACKSON, June 23, 2020 (BP) — Offering a “voice ofRead More