By Roy Hayhurst Director of denominational and public relations services, GuideStone Financial Resources DALLAS — On a clear day from O. S. Hawkins’ office in a North Dallas high-rise, you can see all the way to Fort Worth, his hometown. It may be fewer than forty miles from Crenshaw Street on Fort Worth’s East Side, where Hawkins grew up, to GuideStone’s offices. But in many ways, it’s a world away

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NEW YORK — At least 65 percent of Americans believe abortion should be illegal in most cases after the first three months of pregnancy, according to a new poll designed to be representative of the national population. A full 80 percent of Americans believe it should be illegal in the last three months of pregnancy, said the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released

By Scott Barkley Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Following the release of a video showing similarities in a sermon, SBC president Ed Litton and his predecessor J.D. Greear said Litton had sought and received permission to use material from a sermon earlier preached by Greear. The video, which was released Thursday (June 24), contains six minutes, 57 seconds of interwoven clips from a sermon delivered by Greear in January 2019 and

By Jonathan Howe Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court of the United States denied a petition by the North American Mission Board (NAMB) to review its ongoing case involving a lawsuit filed by a former Southern Baptist state executive director. Originally filed in 2017 by Will McRaney, former executive director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware (BCMD), the lawsuit alleges NAMB had intentionally defamed him and wrongfully influenced his

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press WASHINGTON — The largest portion of teenagers in the U.S. believe that more than one religion may be true, Pew Research said in its latest revelation from a study of the religious beliefs and practices of teens and their parents. Among 13- to 17-year-old teenagers, 45 percent believe many religions may be true, far outpacing the 31 percent who believe only one religion is true,

By Diana Chandler Baptist Press   NASHVILLE — Saying they faced a defining moment, the “most important crossroads” in a generation, departing SBC President J.D. Greear challenged Southern Baptists to hear the concerns of the entire body while unifying around the one true Gospel and the Great Commission. “If we believe in the sufficiency of Scripture as the rule for the church, let’s not rush into making the rules for the