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Fulani herdsmen kill 10 Christians in eastern Nigeria

January 13, 2026

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McRaney appeals to SCOTUS in lawsuit against NAMB

January 13, 2026

By Will Hall, Baptist Message executive editor WASHINGTON (LBM) – Will McRaney, whose lawsuit claims the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention interfered to cause his 2015 firing as executive director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware and to prevent him from being hired by other ministries, has filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court asking them to overturn a 2-1 decision against his case by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (issued Sept. 9, 2025 and revised Oct. 28, 2025). Two of the judges on the circuit court panel, Andrew Oldham (appointed by Donald J. Trump) and Priscilla Richman (a George W. Bush appointee), concluded that McRaney’s lawsuit forces the court to commit an “unconstitutional violation of church autonomy.” However, the third member of that panel, Irma Carrillo Ramirez (named to the federal appeals bench by Joseph R. Biden), dissented, writing that the principles raised by McRaney “do not implicate matters of faith and doctrine” and so he is “entitled to continue pursuing his secular claims regarding NAMB’s pre- and post-termination conduct.” Her opinion aligns with McRaney’s Jan. 8, 2026, appeal to SCOTUS that states, “Employing the … [Read more...]

NC church begins new year with 74-hour public reading of entire Bible

January 9, 2026

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Report: Three teenagers among dozens killed during ongoing protests in Iran

January 9, 2026

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ARTICLE: Broadmoor Baptist’s Pourciau will retire in 2026 after 27 years

January 8, 2026

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VIDEO: Broadmoor’s Pourciau announces September 2026 retirement

January 8, 2026

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China ushers in the new year by ramping up Christian persecution

January 8, 2026

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Speaker Mike Johnson: “we’re not going to authorize taxpayer funding for abortion’

January 8, 2026

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US forces dramatically seize Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic

January 7, 2026

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China ramps up aggression toward Taiwan amid Maduro capture

January 6, 2026

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PREVIEW (“Overflowing Peace”): Our Shepherd is the LORD Almighty

By Tara Dew, special to the Baptist Message NEW ORLEANS (LBM) -- This is the first of four excerpts Tara Dew has made available to Baptist Message readers from her newly released book, “Overflowing Peace,” a follow-up work to her best-selling book, “Overflowing Joy.” David begins Psalm 23 with “The LORD is … Read More

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