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September 24th, 2020

President Trump announces executive order to protect babies who survive abortions

At least two officers shot as Breonna Taylor protests turn violent in Louisville

September 23rd, 2020

YEC adjusts to meet state’s Phase Three guidelines

Franklin Graham ahead of national prayer march: U.S. is ‘crumbling,’ God is only hope

China wants absolute loyalty from teachers, no exposure to democracy, religion or dissent

Two-thirds of Gen Z in USA uninformed about Holocaust, 6 million murdered Jews

Hotel survey: 67 percent of properties say they won’t last 6 more months

Church planter Darrell Guy passes away at 62

September 22nd, 2020

2020 Commission update: Advance support for cooperative missions and ministries

Conservative Baptist Network of Southern Baptists comments on SBC name change

September 21st, 2020

First Person: What’s going on at the North American Mission Board?

New church plant was at the right place, at the right time

Triumph from tragedy, Laura survivor finds Christ

September 18th, 2020

First Baptist Church, Vinton: Down, but not out!

Louisiana Baptists hurricane relief needs

Churches, members eligible for FEMA grants

Gifts come in, go out to help churches destroyed by Laura

NAMB officials say state leaders’ complaints are flattering

Louisiana Notables

Remembering Bro. Paul Carter

September 16th, 2020

Amazon plans to put 1,000 warehouses in suburban neighborhoods

Trump declares ‘dawn of a new Middle East’ as he presides over signing of historic deals

Oregon poll: Majority say protests violent; Trump tops local leaders in approval

EDITORIAL: Biden pulls a Hillary, ignores Louisiana’s storm victims

September 15th, 2020

Hobby Lobby to raise minimum wage to $17 an hour for full-time workers starting Oct. 1

Israeli archaeologists unearth ruins of 2,600-year-old royal building

Deep beneath the high seas, researchers find rich coral oases

Charles Stanley stepping down as senior pastor of First Baptist Atlanta

September 14th, 2020

Liberal media defends “Cuties,” say critics of Netflix show are just “afraid of child sexuality”

Maryland to add LGBTQ content to public schools’ history curricula

Racial injustice themes fill empty NFL stadiums

September 13th, 2020

2020 Commission update: Create mentoring and ministry networks

September 12th, 2020

Trinity is hub for disaster relief, ministry, sharing the Gospel

September 11th, 2020

Governor anounces Phase 3 for opening the economy

VIDEOS: Southern Baptist DR team members serve up food to hungry motorists

Drone video: Hurricane Laura damage in Lake Charles

Southern Baptists, DR crews respond to Laura

Hurricane Laura damage

Trump bans federal money from funding far-left anti-American ‘Critical Race Theory’

Atheists demand Cassidy stop posting Bible verses on Twitter. Senator responds: ‘Their request is denied.’

Political ads blast Biden, Democrats for supporting boys in girls sports, gender-transitioning kids

Dictionary.com aims to ‘help eliminate heterosexual bias in language’ with ‘biggest update ever’

September 10th, 2020

Former Northshore DOM Lonnie Wascom passes away at 72

‘The church will not be silenced’: prayer event turns ‘worship protest’ after Seattle barricades Christians out

Christian orgs praise new DOE regulation to defund universities that violate faith groups’ rights

Christian church in Iran is believed to have nearly 1 million members despite violent persecution, survey finds

Barna study: one-third of engaged Christian parents is “media-stressed”

September 9th, 2020

Six state execs

ARCHIVES: Hurricane Laura coverage

Former LC President Robert Lynn passes away

Consider using an evangelist to ‘draw the net’ in your church

Audis Dawson, pastor, Comrade Baptist Church, Simpson, shares how ‘God loves people through other people’

Jeremy Blocker, pastor, Maplewood FBC, Sulphur, talks about joyful neighbors helped by LBDR

Lonnie Gothrup, pastor, Houston River Baptist Church, Sulphur, calls for more volunteers to help SW Louisiana

September 8th, 2020

Disaster Relief efforts foster racial unity

Sign up for ‘Churches Helping Churches’ damaged by Hurricane Laura

TikTok bans accounts after graphic suicide clip circulates

Disney’s ‘Mulan’ thanks city running Uyghur concentration camps in its credits

American Airlines will permit flight attendants to wear BLM pins. Some employees are furious

‘This is harassment’: John MacArthur’s church to be evicted from land leased for parking lot

As California burns, the winds arrive and the lights go out

School calls cops on 12-year-old boy who held toy gun during Zoom class

After Laura, Horeb Baptist helps rebuild Dry Creek Baptist Camp that hosted them after Katrina

After Jerry Falwell’s exit, here’s what Liberty University has to do now

September 7th, 2020

Kentucky Baptist disaster relief worker carves out lasting memory in Louisiana

September 5th, 2020

Trump ends ‘critical race theory’ training for federal employees, calls it a ‘sickness’

Laura’s toll includes 140 Louisiana Baptist churches

Ready or not? Georgia Barnette Offering makes a difference in disaster relief!

September 4th, 2020

U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham visits Louisiana Baptist Disaster Relief Command Center

Ohio man drives to Louisiana with special delivery for disaster relief

Despite power loss, Esler Baptist feeds community

September 3rd, 2020

Long-time pastor Hernandez-Reanas passes away at 66

September 1st, 2020

Sen. Kennedy encourages DR workers, pledges support for impacted parishes

LSU BCM DR team serves community and one of their own in Longville

August 31st, 2020

Los Angeles County evicts Grace Community Church from parking lot

Netflix’s new film ‘Cuties’ promotes disgusting hypersexualization of children

Donations needed for disaster relief operations

‘Baby Lives Matter’ mural painted at Planned Parenthood location in Charlotte

Churches persevere, hold services on first post-Laura Sunday

Are you praising God through the storm?

August 29th, 2020

Trump, Johnson tour hurricane damage

LC to be closed through Wednesday, will continue to update situation

Louisiana Baptists invited to be part of global prayer event

‘Thugs’ mob SBC’s Graham, Jeffress, Young after Trump’s White House speech

RNC v. DNC: 147.9 million views v. 122 million (TV, online combined); Trump picks up $76 million v. Biden’s $70 million

August 28th, 2020

Louisiana Baptist churches damaged by Hurricane Laura

DR response to Laura ramping up, seeking volunteers

Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Iota, loses life during Laura

August 26th, 2020

Louisiana College closed Wednesday-Friday for weather, will continue classes remotely

August 25th, 2020

Falwell confirms he is resigning as president from Liberty University amid sex scandal revelations

Republicans’ opening night drew 6 times more views on C-Span online than Democrats’ convention

Mortgage delinquencies soar to record high

Survey: Most Americans think social media sites censor political viewpoints

Businesses leaving downtown Portland over ‘lawlessness’: report

China orders hospitals to abort, kill newborn babies of religious and ethnic minorities

H.B. Charles to headline E4 Preaching Conference

Louisiana Notables

August 24th, 2020

Scalise: Biden hasn’t solved any problems in 47 years

Texas county requests help from state troopers after Austin defunds police

Court rules mom can force gender transition for 8-year-old son

COVID-19 Pandemic is “The Right Time” to share the Gospel

Sunday drive changes spiritual destination for Kenner man

August 21st, 2020

LBC webinars to oﬀer encouragement for pastors, wives

Children’s Home youngsters’ birthday gifts lift spirit of nursing home resident

Aguillard loses appeal in LC lawsuit

‘Pledge of Allegiance’ changed at DNC

Louisiana job losses due to COVID-19 double those lost after Katrina

Six Baptist state executives say there’s no partnership in new NAMB ‘strategic cooperative agreement’

EDITORIAL: Use science to drive COVID-19 policies

Louisiana College starts new year with revival on campus

August 19th, 2020

Economist: Total jobs lost in Louisiana due to coronavirus now nearly double total lost from Katrina

August 18th, 2020

NASA powers up first Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, as it travels through space

Death Valley tops 130 F, setting possible global heat record

Trump to pardon Susan B. Anthony over 1872 voting arrest

August 17th, 2020

Kennedy urges Edwards to label places of worship as “essential” and rescind capacity cap

The giants just keep coming

WATCH: ‘God has not called us to be cowards’: Another pastor stands against church closures

Children’s pastor takes ‘Mister Rogers approach’ sharing valuable lessons during pandemic

August 14th, 2020

Soros sees ‘revolutionary moment’ in pandemic: ‘The range of possibilities is much greater’

Satanic temple is giving away a free abortion, turning child-killing into a contest

Trump announces ‘Historic Peace Agreement’ between Israel, UAE

Associations, churches encouraged to join ELBA hosted prayer event Aug. 22-23

August 13th, 2020

What would Jesus do in a pandemic?

Jobless claims: New unemployment claims come in below 1 million for the first time since March

AMC to offer 15-cent tickets on first day of reopening

‘Devastating’: NCAA football cancellations threaten to cripple college towns’ economies

Bend, Oregon activists block ICE bus, prompting federal agents’ response

21 states move to support Coach Kennedy for Round 2

August 12th, 2020

LC experiences ‘move-in day’ unlike any other

August 11th, 2020

Skills of a church planter – exercising faith

Louisiana College welcomes students to campus for fall semester

U.S. bankruptcies on track for 10-year high with more than 100 consumer companies already filing

Archaeology breakthrough: Mind-blowing discovery from ‘most valuable shipwreck ever’

Faith leaders protest Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order barring in-person worship

John MacArthur Sunday service: ‘Welcome’ to the ‘peaceful protest;’ preaches on obedience to Scripture

August 10th, 2020

Do you embrace transitions?

‘Kindergarten Cop’ scrapped from theater lineup following claim that it ‘romanticizes over-policing’

Leaked email shows deadly fallout of UK ‘do it yourself’ abortion pill program

August 8th, 2020

Trump orders $400-per-week unemployment payments amid COVID crisis, hits Dems for stonewalling

August 7th, 2020

Falwell to take indefinite leave of absence from Liberty

Armentrout departs Louisiana Baptists’ music consultant position

Facebook Live broadcasts stir need for baptisms at Live Oak Baptist

LFF releases 2020 legislative scorecard, announces award winners

August 6th, 2020

U.S. weekly jobless claims total 1.186 million, lowest level of the coronavirus pandemic

Disney lost nearly $5 billion while theme parks were closed due to coronavirus

Chinese pastors ordered to praise Xi Jinping, slander US from pulpit or risk closure

Hiroshima survivors mark 75th anniversary of attack, urge ban on nuclear weapons

Visual guide: how explosion caused mass casualties and devastation across Beirut

LBC seeks resolutions, nominees

Modie Phillips’ retirement turns the page on her story, ministry