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On Religion: Is ‘Southern’ more important than ‘Baptist’?
When megachurch pastor J.D. Greear became the 62nd president of the Southern Baptist Convention, he saw all kinds of statistics headed in all kinds of directions.
Year: 2021
Europe
Foreign Trade – The United States criticizes the European Union’s climate protection plans for import trade
The United States is warning of European Union plans to impose environmental taxes on imports. US special envoy for climate protection John Kerry of the Financial Times...
Europe
Great Britain – Breach of the Brexit Treaty: The European Union wants to initiate two measures
In the dispute over controls on importing goods to Northern Ireland, the European Union Commission wants to file a lawsuit against Great Britain for violating the Brexit...
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On Religion: The old hymns and new anthems of the Covid year
It’s a hymn that the faithful start singing whenever a Baptist church organist plays the opening chords – because everyone knows it by heart.
Food
UK Farmers slam free pass for EU imports as exports face higher costs
Farmers union slams free pass for EU imports as UK food exports face red-tape and higher costs The National Farmers Union has criticised the government’s approach to trade with the...
America
What happens now Beth Moore says she’s no longer a Southern Baptist?
The popular American evangelist and Bible teacher Beth Moore made headlines when she said she is no longer a Southern Baptist and ended her longtime partnership with the evangelical denomination's…
Europe
European Union launches Young African Leaders Programme
The European Union in partnership with the European Union’s School of Transnational Governance has launched the Young African Leaders Programme, a three-month fully-funded fellowship that will take place in Florence,...
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New report details indigenous struggle for land rights
Although the world’s indigenous peoples live in areas that contain around 80 per cent of the planet’s biodiversity, many still struggle to maintain their legal rights to lands, territories and…
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03-12 religion calendar
INDOOR AND DRIVE-IN WORSHIP SERVICES Bethesda United Methodist Church, 155 Main St., Preston. 9 a.m. contemporary service in Fellowship Hall; 10:15 a.m. traditional service in the sanctuary. Sundays.
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World’s crime fighters push back against COVID-19’s ‘divisions and inequalities’
The world’s largest crime prevention and criminal justice gathering wrapped up on Friday, rejecting “the divisions and inequalities” exposed by COVID-19, according to the top UN crime-fighting official.