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OHIO: Entire team prays on field before playoff game

January 13, 2025

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Hunt reveals $610,000 salary; seeks millions in relief from CP

January 10, 2025

REVISED JANUARY 14 TO ADD A PARENTHETICAL NOTE IN THE THIRD PARAGRAPH. By Will Hall, Baptist Message executive editor NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LBM) – Just prior to the Christmas holiday, reli­gious news outlets report­ed that the jury trial in the lawsuit by Johnny Hunt against the Southern Bap­tist Convention, the SBC Executive Committee and Guidepost Solutions was scheduled for June 17, 2025, in the U.S. District Court located in Nashville. RECAP Hunt was named in the controversial “Report of the Independent Inves­tigation” about alleged sexual abuse and claims of mishandled cases in the SBC. Released in May 2022 by Guidepost Solutions for the SBC and SBC EC, the report accused him of having groomed a pastor’s wife, 20 years younger than him, (which included time while he served as SBC president, 2008-2010); and having sexually as­saulted her in a Florida condo (July 2010) just weeks after his tenure as SBC president ended with the closing of the SBC an­nual meeting. In an April 2024 de­position, Hunt said that he kissed and fondled the woman’s body for “a couple of minutes” after she had lowered her top and that he pulled down the woman’s shorts before he was convicted to stop and leave. However, his lawsuit is based … [Read more...]

MISSISSIPPI: NOBTS holds historic commencement at women’s prison

January 8, 2025

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CALIFORNIA: Palisades fire in Los Angeles destroys 1,000 structures; no containment

January 8, 2025

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KENYA: Three members of family burned to death after accepting Christ

January 7, 2025

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Speaker Johnson talks raising debt limit, tackling Trump’s legislative priorities

January 7, 2025

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CHINA: Strong earthquake kills at least 126 people near Mount Everest

January 7, 2025

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Mike Johnson reelected House Speaker

January 6, 2025

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LAS VEGAS: Cybertruck explosion at Trump Hotel linked to fireworks load

January 2, 2025

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NEW YORK: At least 10 wounded in mass shooting outside Queens nightclub

January 2, 2025

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The sacred calling of foster care

By Christy Goodwin MONROE, La. (LBM) -- It is no secret that our nation is in the middle of a foster care crisis, and Louisiana is no exception among the 50 states. Today there are approx­imately 4,300 children and youth in foster care in Lou­isiana and only 2,100 foster families -- more than twice as many … Read More

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