Nathan Rostampour, Central Asia church planting director at The Summit Church in Raleigh/Durham, N.C., wants his Southern Baptist family to know that that the Islamic Republic is at war, not the Iranian people.
By Diana Chandler, posted June 23, 2025 in TEHRAN, Iran (BP) – Christians in Iran are between a rock and a hard place as tensions flare internationally, but an Iranian American church planting director at The Summit Church in North Carolina wants his Southern Baptist family to keep a few things in mind. Succinctly, the Islamic Republic, not the people of Iran, are […]
First Baptist Church served as a learning hub for the Cave Spring Learning Center after Cave Spring Elementary closed. The church has been instrumental in rallying alongside others in the community for a charter school. Photo courtesy of Coosa Valley News
By Scott Barkley, posted June 23, 2025 in Churches and Ministry CAVE SPRING, Ga. (BP) – Losing a school that has been stitched into a community for generations is unthinkable for a town, until it happens.
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By Marilyn Stewart, posted June 23, 2025 in Cooperative Program, Seminaries NASHVILLE (BP) – Like missions, theological education was on the hearts and minds of Southern Baptists from before the Convention’s founding in 1845.
FILE - A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway at the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
By AP Staff, Jack Brook, Sara Cline, posted June 22, 2025 in Religious Liberty, World & Politics NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state's public school classrooms is unconstitutional.
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By Brandon Porter, posted June 22, 2025 in World & Politics WASHINGTON (BP) – Saying now is the time for peace, Pres. Donald Trump announced through social media a “very successful attack” on three nuclear weapons sites in Iran Saturday night (June 21). Trump’s announcement of American action came 10 days after Israel began missile attacks to drive back Iran’s production of nuclear weapons.
