Baptist Press

With school back in session, drivers are heeding the warning again to slow down in school zones. Public school buses loaded with excited children are rolling down our streets. The start of a new school year marks not only... Continue Reading »

If standing ovations are any indication, the makers of ?Facing the Giants? probably have another hit on their hands.... Continue Reading »

On 08/08/08 at eight minutes past 8 p.m., the summer Olympics began in Beijing, China, fully in tune with Chinese tradition down to the tiniest detail, even to its kickoff time.... Continue Reading »

To take a single picture of the church in China would be tough ? in fact, it would be nearly impossible. 'this place is huge,? says Jamie Tatum, a Southern Baptist representative in the region, and the face of... Continue Reading »

When most Southern Baptists think of Baptist history in China, they think of Lottie Moon, the beloved missionary to China for whom the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions is named. Lottie Moon arrived in China in 1873,... Continue Reading »

Broadcast television by far depicts sex in the context of marriage as either ?nonexistent or burdensome? while portraying adultery and premarital sex as acceptable and desirable, a new study by the Parents Television Council says.... Continue Reading »

Two months after the tragic accident that claimed the life of his 5-year-old daughter Maria Sue, Steven Curtis Chapman appeared with his wife and three oldest children on CNN's ?Larry King Live? Aug. 7 to testify to the solid... Continue Reading »

Men who attend religious services regularly are more likely to have happy and stable marriages, more likely to be involved with their children and less likely to divorce, new research says.... Continue Reading »

In spite of obstacles that prevented a traditional disaster relief response, Southern Baptists have found creative ways to help victims of Cyclone Nargis in the two months since the storm unleashed its fury on Myanmar.... Continue Reading »

John Dever, former William Walker Brookes Professor of Church and Society at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, died of a heart attack July 4 at the age of 72.... Continue Reading »

Trustees of the International Mission Board created a task force to examine future directions for Southern Baptists? 163-year-old missions enterprise during their June 23-25 meeting at the International Learning Center in Rockville, Va.... Continue Reading »

A new Pew Research Center poll result showing evangelicals holding universalistic beliefs regarding salvation may have been skewed at least somewhat because of how the question was worded.... Continue Reading »