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The division from the American Baptist Association took place in Lakeland, Fla. in 1950. With that came the North American Baptist Association with a new direction and, as a result, new leadership. That new association of churches in 1968 became the Baptist Missionary Association of America due to some confusion titling with another group of Baptists. As the new group assembled in Little Rock later in 1950, the first president was elected to moderate the assembly and to help mark out a ...
European Lawmaker and Lutheran Bishop Hit with Criminal Charges
A court in Finland heard final arguments this week in the prosecution of a member of Parliament and a Lutheran bishop for expressing opposition to same-sex marriage. Charged under Finland’s “ethnic agitation law” are Päivi Räsänen, a member of Parliament who also is a medical doctor and former interior minister, and Lutheran...