{"id":10063,"date":"2026-04-18T12:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/christian-leaders-government-officials-and-celebrities-to-read-bible-aloud-cover-to-cover-the-alabama-baptist\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:48:18","slug":"christian-leaders-government-officials-and-celebrities-to-read-bible-aloud-cover-to-cover-the-alabama-baptist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/christian-leaders-government-officials-and-celebrities-to-read-bible-aloud-cover-to-cover-the-alabama-baptist\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian leaders, government officials and celebrities to read Bible aloud \u2018cover to cover\u2019 &#8211; The Alabama Baptist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For just over a week beginning this Sunday (April 19), some 500 Christian leaders, government officials and celebrities will embark on a first-ever public endeavor: They will take their turns reading the Bible \u2014 from cover to cover, 12 hours each day.<br \/>Hosted by the nonprofit Christians Engaged, in partnership with Great American Pure Flix and a coalition of other ministries, the first \u201cAmerica Reads the Bible\u201d week will be broadcast and streamed from the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. The timing of it is aimed at setting a sacred tone before celebrations this summer marking America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<br \/><strong>See full story below:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thebaptistpaper.org\/500-christian-leaders-will-read-bible-aloud-in-d-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">500 Christian leaders will read Bible aloud in D.C.<\/a><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;500 Christian leaders will read Bible aloud in D.C.&#8221; &#8212; The Baptist Paper\" src=\"https:\/\/thebaptistpaper.org\/500-christian-leaders-will-read-bible-aloud-in-d-c\/embed\/#?secret=PAbCCYpp5l#?secret=NNojpCcxMQ\" data-secret=\"NNojpCcxMQ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper.<br \/>Food pantries often include a mobile component that delivers food to those in the community who can\u2019t reach them.<br \/>A man who told a Christian woman to convert to his religion and marry him or be killed has been arrested.<br \/>I\u2019m writing today about two particular attacks of Satan and his forces on believers, but I could list others (like false teaching, idolatry, etc).<br \/><strong>Address:<\/strong><br \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/The+Alabama+Baptist\/@33.4742358,-86.7897863,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x888919772adf45a9:0x7ba7b1e6fb94d68d!8m2!3d33.4742215!4d-86.7876404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3310 Independence Dr.<br \/>Birmingham, AL 35209<\/a><\/em><br \/><strong>Email:<br \/><\/strong><em><a href=\"mailto:news@thealabamabaptist.org\">news@thealabamabaptist.org<\/a><\/em><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Hi reader.<\/strong> <br \/>We\u2019re a nonprofit Christian news ministry.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our mission is to provide<strong>\u00a0grace-filled, trustworthy journalism<\/strong> from a Christian worldview. We make our reporting <strong>freely available online<\/strong> because we believe people should have access to reliable information.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reader support helps sustain this work, offset rising costs, and allow us to continue providing affordable resources to churches and ministries. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you value this work, <strong>would you consider supporting<\/strong> our mission today?<\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/s.thealabamabaptist.org\/TAB\/?f=pa\" target=\"_blank\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxOZjJUNGFicy1zMk5xOWFiTjdic2hEVEx5OWc1MXlzV0EwaS1IRDkwNHhKNlpINXpXRnRhMlJGYVJYd3Z0TzlHdll6QkxRWHZScXJWN3JtX3hXZ1BqZWtyYUIyVTRjV2ZYcjFvekZKWEk3ZENDNU42d1p4cmVVOGhZR2dDNVZiMzRrTUNBcEVhakE3cGtWT0p5Q2MtNG9ORUM2OG1WdzRvRWNyemM0b2EzMVhPdEFPd3R2YTUwMQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For just over a week beginning this Sunday (April 19), some 500 Christian leaders, government officials and celebrities will embark on a first-ever public endeavor: They will take their turns reading the Bible \u2014 from cover to cover, 12 hours each day.Hosted by the nonprofit Christians Engaged, in partnership with Great American Pure Flix and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10063","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}