Online child safety bills pass Senate, but what’s next?
On Tuesday (July 30), the Senate passed two bills — the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0) — geared toward helping to shield young eyes from harmful content.
Myanmar’s military shells Christian area, kills 5-year-old
A 5-year-old girl was recently killed and a 10-month-old injured when Myanmar’s military shelled a kindergarten where displaced people were
Longtime TN Baptist editor publishes collection of his columns
Lonnie Wilkey, who has been with the Baptist and Reflector since 1988 and has served as editor since 1998, has put together a collection of his columns in “Faith, Family and Life’s Lessons: Reflections of a Christian Journalist.”
Recent years have left clergy burned out, but experts say change is possible
The title of a 2024 report from the Hartford Institute for Research summed up what clergy are saying: “I’m Exhausted All the Time.” Small wonder that about half of clergy had thought about leaving their congregation …
‘Eight Steps’ missions continuum training held in Korea
Korean pastors and church leaders greeted each other warmly, some clearly friends and others meeting for the first time. Representing
Your Voice: 10 things I love about Christmas
First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more …
Older urban Jacksonville church still doing gospel work
It was the first baptism in a decade to take place at the 74-year-old East Eleventh Street Baptist Church in Jacksonville–a young
Jinger Duggar Vuolo shares challenges of childhood, questions that led to ‘heavenly Father’s care’ in new book
Jinger Duggar Vuolo, wife, mother and author, grew up with ultraconservative values, but in recent years the TV daughter says