Author: Shalem John

Pastor Voddie T. Baucham warned that the pervasive sexual sins of the prevailing culture are signs of divine judgment, but that the Gospel still offers hope and that Christians should plead with God for revival. #VoddieBaucham #LGBT #Pridemonth #Texas ​Pastor Voddie T. Baucham warned that the pervasive sexual sins of the prevailing culture are signs of divine judgment, but that the Gospel still offers hope and that Christians should plead with God for revival. #VoddieBaucham #LGBT #Pridemonth #Texas  

Worship leaders convince curriculum company of the value of lifewayworship.com. Lifeway no longer plans to shut down its online music ministry resource lifewayworship.com . In July 2023, the company announced its plan to retire the platform—a “digital hymnal” that provides users with chord charts, vocal arrangements, and orchestrations—then paused those plans a week later after a strong response from customers. After a year of reevaluation and interviews with worship leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) who use the site, Lifeway has changed course and decided to continue maintaining and updating the resource. “Lifeway is a curriculum company,” Lifeway Worship…

Baptist confessions have long drawn attention outside the church. The proposal on male pastors will too. Messengers from around the country will soon gather in Indianapolis to conduct the business of the Southern Baptist Convention. As in recent years, they will consider the exact relationship between the association and its member churches—a question of unique significance to Baptists who have historically valued local church independence. This week, they will be asked to take final action on an amendment that would alter the SBC constitution’s understanding of a cooperating church from one that “closely identifies with” the complementarian stance of the…