Baptist Press Archive

Thursday, June 11, 2020

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  • FIRST PERSON: It's time to retire the Broadus gavel
    by J.D. Greear, posted Thursday, June 11, 2020 (3 years ago)

    SBC President J.D. Greear says "it is time to retire the Broadus gavel," in use at SBC annual meetings since 1872 but named after a slaveholder and supporter of the Confederacy, because of the "mixed messages" it sends. Read More

  • NASCAR bans Confederate flag from races, venues
    by Dan Gelston, posted Thursday, June 11, 2020 (3 years ago)

    AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack
    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag was a familiar sight at NASCAR races. During the civil rights era and right on through the season opener at Daytona last February, the flag dotted infield campsites and was waved in grandstands by fans young and old.

    But as the nation -- and at last, NASCAR – wrestles with race relations in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in police custody, the flag is no longer welcome in the stock car series. Read More

  • Bible Study: The Expression of Our Hope
    by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, June 11, 2020 (3 years ago)

    Faith and hope in Christ transform our perspective so that life is no longer about what we can gain. Life becomes about how we love and serve God and others. Read More

  • Civil rights probe of state limits on churches urged
    by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, June 11, 2020 (3 years ago)

    Screen capture from hawley.senate.gov
    WASHINGTON (BP)—A United States senator has called for a federal civil rights investigation of states that have continued during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to place strict limitations on religious gatherings while permitting massive protests of the police killing of George Floyd.

    Southern Baptist leaders, meanwhile, encouraged public officials to treat worship services the same as similar events while they loosen restrictions resulting from the pandemic. Read More

  • Religious liberty lawsuit challenges Illinois abortion insurance mandate
    by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, June 11, 2020 (3 years ago)

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    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP) -- The Illinois Baptist State Association (IBSA) is challenging a 2019 state law requiring employee health insurance plans to cover abortions, saying the mandate violates freedom of religion and conscience.

    The IBSA is among three plaintiffs in a lawsuit the nonprofit Thomas More Society filed Wednesday (June 10) in Sangamon County Circuit Court challenging the Illinois Reproductive Health Act's abortion coverage mandate. Read More