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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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India: Christians faced 135 cases of persecution in first half of 2020; believers lynched, sodomized

July 16, 2020

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UK, US and Canada allege Russian cyberattacks on Covid-19 research centers

July 16, 2020

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California closes indoor restaurants, movie theaters and all bars statewide as coronavirus cases rise

July 14, 2020

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Blinded by bright spots: Kelley warns of trends we’re ignoring

By Chuck Kelley Southern Baptists tend to confuse Bright Spots with Trendlines. Statistical reports may yield some bright spots in any given year, even when the same reports indicate that the trends across the board are downward and a matter of concern. Rejoicing in bright spots so much that you fail to … Read More

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