JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) leaders are grateful for the passage of a state pro-life bill that contains the most expansive restrictions to abortion in the state’s history. “This piece of legislation ... was important— not for legislators, not for the governor, not for Missouri economics—but for yet-to-be-born children,” MBC Executive Director John Yeats told The Pathway. “My family and I are very grateful for the fortitude of our pro-life Senators and our pro-life … [Read more...]
Mo. Senate to take up landmark pro-life bill, May 16
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s General Assembly is expected to take up a landmark bill, May 16, that provides the most expansive restrictions to abortion in the state’s history. House Bill 126, sponsored by Representative Nick Schroer (R-O’Fallon), was passed by the Missouri House of Representatives in February and was advanced by committee to the Senate last month. If approved by the Senate and signed into law by Gov. Mike Parson, HB 126 establishes the “Missouri Stands for the Unborn … [Read more...]
Mo. legislator proposes bill to increase biblical knowledge among students
JEFFERSON CITY – Last March, the Wall Street Journal’s (WSJ) Timothy Puko reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of Moses bringing “water from Iraq.” To their credit, the WSJ later corrected the story: In reality, Netanyahu said that Moses brought “water from a rock,” as recorded in both Exodus 17 and Numbers 20. For Missouri lawmaker Ben Baker, this biblical blunder is only one example of a decline in biblical knowledge across the nation that has prompted him to … [Read more...]
Supreme Court declines football coach’s appeal
WASHINGTON(BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 22 declined the appeal of a former high school football coach who was fired for praying on the field after games. But the justices appeared to leave open several possible avenues for Coach Joe Kennedy to keep fighting for his First Amendment rights. Kennedy lost his coaching job at Bremerton High School in Washington state in 2015 after he disobeyed school officials who ordered him to end his longtime ritual of kneeling at the 50-yard line … [Read more...]
Christian artists defended in ERLC filing
PHOENIX (BP) – The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has urged the Arizona Supreme Court to protect the freedom of two artists to operate their business in keeping with their Christian beliefs. The ERLC, joined by eight other parties, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Dec. 20 requesting the state’s justices reverse a lower court’s support for a Phoenix ordinance requiring Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski to use their painting and calligraphy business for same-sex … [Read more...]
Pro-life issues on 2019 agenda for Missouri’s General Assembly
JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s 2019 legislative session begins Jan. 9, and once again pro-life issues are on the forefront. Susan Klein, the executive director of Missouri Right to Life and a member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Holts Summit, said her organization’s legislative priority is to is the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.” This legislation will prevent abortions on babies that can feel pain during an abortion. This legislation extends general protection to unborn babies … [Read more...]
MBC’s Christian Life Commission files amicus brief supporting religious freedom
JEFFERSON CITY – A Christian bed-and-breakfast owner in Hawaii has appealed to the United States Supreme Court after the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that she must serve same-sex couples, even in violation of her Christian beliefs about marriage and sexuality. Now the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission (CLC) has joined with two other public policy agencies to support her plea for religious freedom. The CLC filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the … [Read more...]
High Court upholds Tenn. pro-life constitution change
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Tennessee's Amendment 1, Oct. 1, by refusing to review a decision upholding the pro-life measure. On the first day of its new term, the high court announced it would not review a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion that sided with the state in a lawsuit against the amendment, which removed a right to abortion and a requirement for abortion funding from the Tennessee constitution. Opponents challenged the 2014 initiative … [Read more...]
Kavanaugh confirmation: Prayer, civility urged
WASHINGTON (BP) – Southern Baptist leaders called for prayer and the restoration of civility in public discourse in the wake of the highly divisive battle that ended with Brett Kavanaugh's narrow confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate confirmed Kavanaugh, 53, in a 50-48 roll call Oct. 6 after an already bitter struggle over President Trump's nominee escalated when sexual assault allegations were made against the federal appeals court judge. The vote followed party lines in … [Read more...]
Voter registration packs ready for churches
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Baptist Convention’s Christian Life Commission has prepared a voter registration packet for churches. The packets include step-by-step instructions and materials that will be needed to conduct a voter registration drive on site. Churches are urged to hold registration drives on the weekends of Sept. 30 and Oct. 7. Citizens must be registered to vote (or change their address if they have moved since the last time they voted) by Oct. 10 in order to vote in the … [Read more...]
Baptist promoted to Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Senate confirmed the promotion of U.S. Air Force Chaplain Colonel Ronald M. Harvell to the rank of Brigadier General on Aug. 20. With the promotion, Harvell, a Southern Baptist, becomes the Air Force's 26th Deputy Chief of Chaplains. He has been serving as the Air Mobility Command Chaplain based at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. Harvell will now transition to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., for his new pastoral leadership responsibilities. "My wife and I … [Read more...]
Univ. of Iowa reinstates religious groups for now
IOWA CITY, Iowa (BP) – The University of Iowa has reinstated multiple religious student groups as registered campus organizations after one group threatened to seek a temporary restraining order amid pending litigation. InterVarsity Graduate Christian Fellowship sued the university Aug. 6 because school officials revoked the fellowship's status as an official student organization over a requirement that InterVarsity Graduate leaders "share the group's faith and exemplify its … [Read more...]
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