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Wiley Drake, outspoken former SBC vice president, dies at 82

February 12, 2026

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Muslim extremists beat two pastors in eastern Uganda

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Shootings at school and home in British Columbia, Canada, leave 10 dead

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FAA reopens El Paso airspace after brief security shutdown

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Canadian airlines suspend Cuba flights as island set to run out of jet fuel

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Italy Winter Games open, Southern Baptists ready to serve

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Baptist leaders ask Supreme Court to hear McRaney lawsuit against NAMB

February 9, 2026

By Baptist Message staff WASHINGTON (LBM) – Fifty former and active leaders with the Southern Baptist Convention as well as Baptist state conventions, associations and local congregations across the country have signed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear former Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware executive director Will McRaney’s lawsuit against the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. McRaney alleges that NAMB interfered in his employment with the BCMD, resulting in his termination, and afterward influenced other Baptist groups not to hire him. NAMB has claimed various defenses, including “ministerial exception,” which is also known as the “ecclesiastical exemption doctrine” – a historic legal precedent which prevents the government from interfering in matters of faith and doctrine as well as religious governance, which includes employment disputes. The signers of the “friend of the court” brief assert that the key doctrine of Baptist polity is at stake, “church autonomy” which emphasizes freedom from hierarchy in relationships between Baptist bodies. They shared that because Baptist churches and organizations are independent of each other and have no hierarchy … [Read more...]

Bad Bunny showed two men in sexually explicit scene, ‘All-American Halftime Show’ promoted faith, family, freedom

February 9, 2026

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Pastor, daughter and son-in-law slain in Nigeria

February 9, 2026

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Head coach Mike Macdonald drives Seahawks defense to Super Bowl win: ‘God called me to be a coach’

February 9, 2026

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Editorial

EASTER: When “empty” is good

By John Kyle, Special to the Message NASHVILLE, Tenn. (LBM) – “Empty” – it’s not one of our favorite terms. It’s not one of our preferred greetings. When someone asks you, “How are you doing?” you probably don’t respond by saying. “Empty, thanks for asking!” Yet emptiness is a common experience in our … Read More

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