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Two prominent state officials join leadership team of growing Conservative Baptist Network

July 29, 2020

By Staff, Conservative Baptist Network BOSSIER CITY, La. (CBN) — The Conservative Baptist Network has named Arkansas state Sen. Peggy Jeffries and Florida state Sen. Dennis Baxley to its national steering council membership. “I am so grateful for Senators Jeffries and Baxley, for their lifelong devotion to Southern Baptists, but especially for their willingness throughout their careers to serve boldly in the public arena for Christ,” Conservative Baptist Network spokesperson Brad Jurkovich, also pastor of the First Baptist Bossier in Bossier City, announced on the organization’s website, July 29. “They have been the very definition of salt and light, and it’s an honor to get to work with them now toward a better future for our SBC.” Jeffries was the first Republican woman elected to the Arkansas Senate and was the only woman in the Senate during her service. She also was elected Republican National Committeewoman for Arkansas and served on the Republican National Committee Platform Committee. The former executive director of Arkansas Eagle Forum, Jeffries was a lobbyist in both Arkansas and Washington, D.C. for education, pro-life and family issues. At the age of 12, Jeffries trusted Christ as her Savior and Lord, and … [Read more...]

Authorities in China return to demolish Christians’ homes after razing church

July 28, 2020

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Coronavirus infections stabilize across U.S. as cases recede, deaths remain low in Sunbelt

July 28, 2020

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Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers

July 28, 2020

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Persecuted Christians ordered to renounce faith or lose COVID-19 aid: ‘It is a tragedy’

July 23, 2020

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China harboring military-linked fugitive scientist at San Francisco consulate, FBI says

July 23, 2020

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China: Churches shuttered, turned into cultural centers promoting socialist values

July 21, 2020

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Churches sue California Gov. Gavin Newsom for banning home Bible study groups

July 21, 2020

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Federal appeals court allows McRaney lawsuit against SBC’s NAMB to proceed

July 16, 2020

By Will Hall, Baptist Message executive editor NEW ORLEANS (LBM) – On July 16, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave Will McRaney, former executive director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware, a procedural victory in his lawsuit against the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention “for intentional interference with business relationships, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.” The BCMD is an independent state organization of Baptist churches and the NAMB is a ministry arm of the SBC, an independent national organization of Baptist churches. The BCMD and SBC are considered in good fellowship with one another, but each is an autonomous organization. A federal district judge in Mississippi had dismissed McRaney’s lawsuit in 2019 based on NAMB’s position that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine (also known as the religious autonomy doctrine, which prevents courts from deciding matters of faith such as religious doctrine) protected them from legal action. But a 5th Circuit panel of three judges ruled against this argument for now, stating that McRaney’s lawsuit was ended prematurely by that judge, because it was not clear that this legal principle was indeed … [Read more...]

Israeli scientists identify drug they hope can downgrade COVID-19 to common cold level 

July 16, 2020

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