Southern Baptist Convention

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Southern Baptist officials: discontinue display of Confederate flag

The Southern Baptist Convention, born in 1845 in a split over its support for slavery, has passed a resolution calling for Christians to quit using the Confederate flag. "We call our brothers and sisters in Christ to discontinue the display of the Confederate battle flag as a sign of

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Conservatives remain divided on response to same-sex marriage

Four months after the Supreme Court held in Obergefell v. Hodges that states across the nation must recognize same-sex marriage, conservative opponents of the decision remain divided as to how best to respond, with some encouraging civil disobedience and others insisting on upholding the "rule of law." Earlier

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Evangelicals change official stance on death penalty

One of the nation's largest groups of evangelical Christians released a resolution Oct. 15 that revises the organization's position on the death penalty. Since 1973, the National Association of Evangelicals, a coalition that represents millions of evangelicals throughout the United States, has supported capital punishment.