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• The SBC Loses Nearly Half a Million More Members I get absolutely no pleasure in relaying that the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), America’s largest Protestant denomination, lost nearly half a million more people in 2022, adding to the three million lost since 2006. It is... May 18, 2023

  

  The SBC Loses Nearly Half a Million More Members
• Rick Warren Says Saddleback Is Appealing SBC Ouster over Female Pastors Pastor Rick Warren says the church he founded will appeal its disfellowshipping by the Southern Baptist Convention over the issue of female pastors. May 17, 2023

  

  Rick Warren Says Saddleback Is Appealing SBC Ouster over Female Pastors
• Faith Communities Have an Opportunity to Lead Discussions on the Safe Immigration of Youth Collectively we can do better. Nearly every week, we read a new tragic headline and story of unaccompanied children and youth from Central America meeting some horrific end while attempting to immigrate to the US. In the... May 15, 2023

  

  Faith Communities Have an Opportunity to Lead Discussions on the Safe Immigration of Youth
• Wisconsin Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $30,000 from Her Church A woman from Wisconsin pleaded guilty to theft last week for stealing around $30,000 from a local church. She will serve four days in a corrections facility. May 12, 2023

  Wisconsin Woman Pleads Guilty to Stealing $30,000 from Her Church
• Disaffiliating Texas UMC Megachurch Launches New Denomination A Texas church that disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church last year says it is now part of the Methodist Collegiate Church, a denomination of one. May 12, 2023

  Disaffiliating Texas UMC Megachurch Launches New Denomination
• More Pastors Are Promoting Adoption, but Fewer Members Are Adopting: Lifeway Poll Church leaders are increasingly promoting adoption and foster care for their members even as fewer members are involved in the processes, according to a new LifeWay Research report that surmises the drop may be attributed to... May 12, 2023

  More Pastors Are Promoting Adoption, but Fewer Members Are Adopting: Lifeway Poll
• Nearly 500,000 Members Left the SBC in 2022 A new report by Lifeway Research suggests that the Southern Baptist Convention lost close to half a million members in 2022. May 11, 2023

  Nearly 500,000 Members Left the SBC in 2022
• The Church Must Better Care for Children in Foster Care Fostering children – and adopting those who need a family – has become our life’s calling. Sadly, only three percent of practicing Christians step up to foster a child in need of placement, according to Barna research. This... May 11, 2023

  The Church Must Better Care for Children in Foster Care
• Bed Bath & Beyond… and the Church By now you may have heard that Bed Bath & Beyond (BB&B) has filed for bankruptcy and will be closing its stores. Many churches are making the same mistake. They cling to an in-person, physical model in stunning denial of the... May 11, 2023

  Bed Bath & Beyond… and the Church
• Brian, Bobbie Houston's Daughter, Son-in-Law Resign from Hillsong Church Staff Peter and Laura Toganivalu announced on Sunday that they are stepping down as Global Pastors of Hillsong Young & Free. May 10, 2023

  Brian, Bobbie Houston's Daughter, Son-in-Law Resign from Hillsong Church Staff