July 23, 2024 Stories

‘Saving Unborn Babies’: Fellowship Church, Greenwood, to host July 30th pro-life training

Fellowship Church in Greenwood, Mo., is hosting a July 30th pro-life training event, called "Saving Unborn Babies," that will equip Christians to defend the unborn.

Smith resigns from ERLC board, issues apology for removal of Leatherwood ‘without a formal vote’

Southern Baptist pastor Kevin Smith announced Tuesday morning, June 23, that he has resigned as chairman and from the board of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. Smith’s resignation comes on the heels of a turbulent 24 hours for the Southern Baptist public policy entity.

Veteran MBCollegiate campus minister brings experience to pastorate

When Paul Damery surrendered to a vocational call to ministry at the age of 14, he didn’t expect to spend 20 years doing college ministry as the Campus Missionary at the Missouri Western State University BSU, which changed its name to Christian Challenge in 2017. His aspiration was simply “to mobilize and equip and make disciples,” he says, wherever that might be. That aspiration is what motivates him still as he transitions to a new role as lead pastor at Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church, St. Joseph.

UPDATE: Leatherwood to remain ERLC president; ERLC board chairman resigns

Brent Leatherwood remains president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. ERLC executive board members say board Chairman Kevin Smith acted alone in an announcement of Leatherwood’s removal on July 22 and violated the entity’s bylaws. Smith has resigned as Chair of the Executive Committee.

EXPLAINER: The perils of abortion tourism

The “Hyde family” of amendments are provisions included in annual government spending bills, known as appropriations bills, that prevent the use of federal funding for abortions. In recent years, the Biden administration has sought to bypass this group of provisions through funding the cost to travel across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion, also known as abortion tourism.

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