‘Listening sessions’ helping determine best course forward for lifewayworship.com
Lifeway continues to hold a series of listening sessions to hear concerns and gather feedback regarding the future of the website lifewayworship.com.
Liberty University fined $14 million for failures in reporting campus crime
Liberty University has agreed to pay a $14 million fine for failures in reporting campus crime and its handling of sexual abuse survivors, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Christians under attack for faith in Western Uganda
“I heard the attackers saying that, ‘The Christians will not celebrate the birth of Issa [Jesus] — we have to teach a lesson to these infidels for refusing our religion,’” a young woman who escaped the attack told Morning Star News.
Israel and Hamas: Latest developments on conflict, relief plans
The situation remains complex, with ongoing negotiations and tensions as both parties hold firm to their positions. Meanwhile, Southern Baptists have been actively engaged in providing aid and relief.
First person: What can be done about the atrocities in Nigeria?
“Being a Christian — especially a Baptist — means standing with brothers and sisters around the world and demanding freedom of religion, religious expression and religious practice — without fear of reprisal or persecution or martyrdom.”
First person: Don’t drown yourself in bad news
Navigating the stormy seas of today’s news cycle without capsizing into the ocean of despair is quite the task. Here are some beacons of hope.
Ukrainian Baptist seminary president: Amid ‘darkness … we see a glimmer of light’
Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh, president of Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, Ukraine, recently shared a sobering, yet still hopeful, update with Fellowship of Wildwood in Wildwood, Missouri.
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.