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SWBTS Sanctions Recommended for Removal, President Dockery Announces - Fort Worth Today
10+ hour, 56+ min ago (288+ words) Visiting SACSCOC team cites institutional stability and health at the seminary Apr. 9, 2026 at 12: 08am The removal of SACSCOC sanctions would be a significant milestone for SWBTS, signaling that the seminary has successfully navigated a period of financial instability and institutional turmoil....
G20 Interfaith Forum Announces Annual Summit in Salt Lake City, October 1517, 2026
17+ hour, 32+ min ago (357+ words) G20 Interfaith Forum will bring together faith leaders, scholars, and policymakers in Salt Lake City, October 15-17, 2026. Imam Mohamed Magid " Executive Imam of the ADAMS Center in Virginia, former President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Co-President of Religions for…...
Sanctions removal to be recommended for SWBTS, Dockery says
15+ hour, 56+ min ago (442+ words) FORT WORTH, Texas " Sanctions placed on Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2023 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) will be recommended for removal, President David S. Dockery announced in a letter to the seminary community April…...
Advocating for Liberty
21+ hour, 46+ min ago (146+ words) It has been a blessing to serve as'director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) for the Lake Union Conference over the past three years, continuing the impactful work of Nicholas Miller. Our church has a long and meaningful history…...
Faith leader panel speaks in support of separation of church and state
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (525+ words) Courtesy of REV. CATHERINE LYLE SANDPOINT " The separation of church and state is a foundational principle in the United States, and faith leaders from around North Idaho recently joined the Bonner County Human Rights Task Force to discuss the issue....
New book warns of leadership and accountability crises in Pakistan's Protestant Church
1+ day, 41+ min ago (864+ words) A book calling for accountability and renewal within the Protestant church in Pakistan was launched in Lahore, as church leaders and theologians warned of deepening institutional challenges confronting the country's largest Protestant denomination. Titled "Church in Pakistan: Origin, Challenges and…...
New freedoms, new challenges
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1500+ words) SOFIA, BULGARIA " He picked the wrong guy to evangelize. It got him a punch in the stomach " and what likely would have been a lifetime of persecution. Christo and Vania Arnaudov Christo Arnaudov was a rarity in communist Bulgaria " a…...
Algeria's complicated religious situation
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (707+ words) Algeria, the African country where Pope Leo will arrive on April 13, has a complicated religious situation that seriously harms the nation's Christians. Flag of Algeria (Wikimedia Commons) Algeria officially enshrines Islam as a state religion, but non-Muslim communities operate in…...
Secular Violence vs Religious Violence
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (294+ words) Mark Tooley became president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) in 2009. He joined IRD in 1994 to found its United Methodist committee (UMAction). He is also editor of IRD's foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining…...
London: Baroness Scotland to speak at religious freedom conference | ICN
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (535+ words) Source: Aid to the Church in Need Baroness Patricia Scotland, former Secretary-General to the Commonwealth of Nations, is to give a keynote address at a landmark conference in London addressing increasing challenges to religious freedom around the world. A panel…...