Latest news: Christianity’s role in U.S. founding excluded by publishers?; Deadly earthquakes strike Venezuela; 5 questions with SBC President Willy Rice

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below.

1. Good luck if you’re looking for a children’s book on The Great Awakening or just about anything else related to Christianity’s role in the founding of the U.S. You won’t find one, according to study on the topic.

2. People in northern Venezuela are digging out from the devastation that has left at least 164 people dead and 971 injured following two powerful earthquakes that struck Wednesday (June 24).

3. Three days after Willy Rice was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention, he sat down for five questions. Here’s what he had to say.