Looking for a religious exemption to a COVID vaccine mandate?
WEBSep 16, 2021 · Unless you’re a member of a Dutch Reformed church or a Christian Science church, making a claim for a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine as a Christian is going to be hard to prove.. According to research by Vanderbilt University, the Dutch Reformed, the Christian Scientists and a few lesser-known faith-healing groups are the only churches operating in the United States that have ...
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WEBJD Vance and Al Mohler use fuzzy math to sound an alarm on falling birth rates. Over the past two months since Donald Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate, many people have been surprised to learn about Vance’s demonization of women in the workplace and his strange fascination with large families. Just this past….
Why Beth Moore’s departure from the SBC really matters
WEBMar 10, 2021 · Jeff Straub, professor of historical theology and missions at Central Seminary in Plymouth, Minn., explained the background in a Feb. 28 article posted on the seminary’s website.. Describing a current call for a second “conservative resurgence” within the SBC, he called attention to the Conservative Baptist Network and Founders Ministries — two far-right groups within the right-wing ...
After 30 years, the NRSV gets an update: Here’s what that means
WEBMar 15, 2022 · The New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition, also known as NRSVue, currently is available for digital download and will be published in printed copies later this spring. The update is significant, in part, because the NRSV is a preferred translation for many biblical scholars, seminaries, …
Historians trace beginning of Baptist movement back 400 years
WEBBaptists in 1609 practiced believer’s baptism, but they didn’t immerse. Even so, most church historians agree Baptists emerged as a distinct movement 400 years ago. From their beginning, Baptists have been characterized by a restless pursuit of God’s truth, Bill Leonard said. Baptists have been characterized by a restless pursuit of God ...
I asked people why they’re leaving Christianity, and here’s what I ...
WEBDec 13, 2022 · According to a September 2022 Pew study, people identifying as Christian have decreased from 90% of the U.S. population in 1972 to 64% in 2020. But it’s not just researchers who are talking about this. As of Dec. 6, 2020, the hashtag “#exchristian” had 696.7 million cumulative views on TikTok and was assigned to more than 68,600 posts on ...
Ashes to ashes: In debate over burial or cremation, some things …
WEBMay 2, 2014 · A recent survey by LifeWay Research revealed four out of 10 Americans plan to be cremated. Leonard attributes the shift in practice, in part, to changes in demographics and geography. “From the colonial period to the late 20th century, space was not an issue. There were wide open spaces that allowed for graveyards on the frontier,” he observed.
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WEBBrian Kaylor is president and editor-in-chief of Word&Way, a Baptist minister with a Ph.D. in political communications, and the author or co-author of five books on religion and politics, including a new book on white Christian nationalism with Beau Underwood,…. Opinion Greg Garrett, Senior Columnist.
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WEBDec 6, 2023 · Then it happened to me. I sobbed watching Let Us Prey, memories of my own abuser haunting me.He fit the typical profile for an IFB predator: a leader in church ministry, much older than his victims and a groomer who had …
Why being transgender is not a sin – Baptist News Global
WEBNov 9, 2018 · Cross-dressing is about finding pleasure in wearing certain clothes. Being transgender is about finding mental and spiritual peace by aligning outward presentation with inner being. Occasionally, people will point to Genesis 1:27 as a condemnation of transgender identity: “male and female he created them.”.