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Rick and Kay Warren grieve son’s suicide

Published on April 25, 2013

The suicide of Matthew Warren continues to reverberate not only in Christian circles but the culture which his parents, Rick and Kay Warren, have sought to impact since the founding of Saddleback Church in 1980. Matthew Warren, 27, died... Continue Reading »

State, NAMB leaders to move forward ‘in unity’

Published on September 17, 2012

>State Baptist convention and North American Mission Board leaders "have determined to move forward together in unity to impact the lostness of North America," according to a statement issued Sept. 14.... Continue Reading »

Calvinism team listens, learns at first meeting

Published on September 13, 2012

An advisory team on the issue of Calvinism met 'to listen, to learn and to hope,? SBC Executive Committee president Frank Page reported after the 16-member group met Aug. 29-30 in Nashville, Tenn.... Continue Reading »

Glorieta Conference Center sale moves from N.M. Baptists to Calif.-based Olivet University

Published on August 2, 2012

The potential sale of LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center has turned from the Baptist Convention of New Mexico to a California-based Christian school, Olivet University.... Continue Reading »

Glorieta Conference Center sale moves from N.M. Baptists to Calif.-based Olivet University

Published on July 17, 2012

The potential sale of LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center has turned from the Baptist Convention of New Mexico to a California-based Christian school, Olivet University.... Continue Reading »

Trustees reprimand Land, halt radio program

Published on June 21, 2012

Two reprimands have been issued to Richard Land by the trustee executive committee of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. The ERLC trustee executive committee also is terminating Land's weekly call-in radio show ? the venue where Land made... Continue Reading »

ERLC trustees to be led by new chairman

Published on May 23, 2012

An Arkansas pastor has become chairman of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission after the resignation of a retired Indiana minister who was leading the Southern Baptist entity's trustee board.... Continue Reading »

As Land issues 5-part apology, NAAF pres. awaits trustee action

Published on May 10, 2012

A five-part apology for "injudicious comments" was released today (May 9) by Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, regarding the Trayvon Martin killing.... Continue Reading »

Land’s comments on Trayvon Martin shooting meet with commission’s regret, investigation

Published on April 26, 2012

Comments by Richard Land about the Trayvon Martin killing ?have angered many and opened wounds from the past,? the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's executive committee said in a statement released April 18.... Continue Reading »

Ga. Convention eliminates 18 positions

Published on February 8, 2012

The Georgia Baptist Convention experienced its most dramatic staff reduction ever Jan. 27 and Jan. 30 as 16 employees and two vacant positions were eliminated in the latest round of downsizing.... Continue Reading »

Jim Newton, Baptist journalist, dies at 75

Published on January 19, 2012

Jim Newton, 75, longtime Jim Newton and former assistant director of Baptist Press, died Jan. 16 at Baptist Hospital Hospice Care in Jackson, Miss., following an unexpected late-fall flare-up of his leukemia.... Continue Reading »

STEVE JOBS: Christian leaders give thoughts

Published on October 7, 2011

The death of Steve Jobs is a sobering moment for countless millions, Christians included.... Continue Reading »